In my own way of understanding ,as an artist, this is how I have expressed it before. !n my sixty years or more of art making i truly feel that all things have a reflective power a feeling of some kind in it's make up, specially when it's an expression of a human or any thing that is universally recognizable. Every thing i do has an Immediate reflective power,"good or bad"that is sensed by me and others around me, even if it's not exactly the same as mine..
armando On Nov 5, 2012, at 6:29 AM, William Conger wrote: > Yes! That's what art enables. It evokes involuntary memories and puts them over > the voluntary. The intentions of artists -- the voluntary memory -- can't > foresee the involuntary in themselves or in others. That's why intentions > don't count with respect to meaning. Meaning is in those involuntary memories > for each viewer. Content is the conscious voluntary fusion of those meanings > with the form (the formal attributes of an artwork). I have put my whole > career into this concept. That is why I reject Greenbergian formalism with > respect to abstract art. That's why I insist that abstraction is the trigger > for 'involuntary memory' and the construction of personal narratives. > > wc > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: joseph berg <[email protected]> > To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, November 5, 2012 12:37:06 AM > Subject: "Proust viewed involuntary memory as containing the "essence of the > past", claiming that it was lacking from voluntary memory. In his novel, he > describes an incident where he was eating tea soaked cake, and a childhood > memory of eating tea soaked cake with his aunt was "revealed" to him.[1] From > this memory, he then proceeded to be reminded of the childhood home he was in, > and even the town itself. This becomes a theme throughout In Search of Lost > Time, with sensations remind Proust of previous experiences. He dubbed these > Involuntary memories." > > - Proust viewed involuntary memory as containing the "essence of the past", > claiming that it was lacking from voluntary memory. In his novel, he > describes an incident where he was eating tea soaked cake, and a childhood > memory of eating tea soaked cake with his aunt was "revealed" to > him.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_memory#cite_note-Mace2007-0> > From > this memory, he then proceeded to be reminded of the childhood home he was > in, and even the town itself. This becomes a theme throughout *In Search of > Lost Time*, with sensations remind Proust of previous experiences. He > dubbed these Involuntary memories. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_memory
