Some are authenticate expressions - true representations of who someone is, others less so - made for mass market appeal. And it is not always so easy to tell which is which or who is who.
That was an interesting perspective the guy had on art as a refuge for self. I'd never thought of it that way before, but I can see how it would be. Creative efforts though don't just reflect the individual, but also the cultural influences that have taken root in the creator(s).
Angel from the Whedon tv series of the same name, feels a lot like Shakespeare's Macbeth, the character from that accursed Scottish play, obsessing over the whisperings and chantings of three old witches who he perceives as oracles depicting his actual fate.
Hmm! Yes, I can see that.
Sometimes the stories we tell feel like new versions of old tales. Are they an authenticate representation of ourselves? Or just an authenticate representation of how we view someone else's tale in our heads?
I think they're always the same stories because people remain the same through the centuries, although the way they interact with one another and the overall cultural expression tends to change. But fan fiction can be, though isn't always, an authentic expression of how the same creative work is filtered through all those different perspectives.
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Date: 2010-08-23 09:04 pm (UTC)That was an interesting perspective the guy had on art as a refuge for self. I'd never thought of it that way before, but I can see how it would be. Creative efforts though don't just reflect the individual, but also the cultural influences that have taken root in the creator(s).
Angel from the Whedon tv series of the same name, feels a lot like Shakespeare's Macbeth, the character from that accursed Scottish play, obsessing over the whisperings and chantings of three old witches who he perceives as oracles depicting his actual fate.
Hmm! Yes, I can see that.
Sometimes the stories we tell feel like new versions of old tales. Are they an authenticate representation of ourselves? Or just an authenticate representation of how we view someone else's tale in our heads?
I think they're always the same stories because people remain the same through the centuries, although the way they interact with one another and the overall cultural expression tends to change. But fan fiction can be, though isn't always, an authentic expression of how the same creative work is filtered through all those different perspectives.