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Art As Expression

The document discusses art as a form of self-expression. It argues that expressing emotions through art allows artists to explore and understand their own feelings, while creating something beautiful. Describing emotions merely states them, whereas expression individualizes and releases emotions in a creative way. There are many forms of artistic expression, but they all serve as reflections of the artist's inner self rather than external influences. Visual arts, theater, and other performing arts are examples of popular artistic expressions.

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Art As Expression

The document discusses art as a form of self-expression. It argues that expressing emotions through art allows artists to explore and understand their own feelings, while creating something beautiful. Describing emotions merely states them, whereas expression individualizes and releases emotions in a creative way. There are many forms of artistic expression, but they all serve as reflections of the artist's inner self rather than external influences. Visual arts, theater, and other performing arts are examples of popular artistic expressions.

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Art as Expression

There may have been times when you left something is going on within you, you try

to explain it but do not to know how. You may only be conscious about feeling this

sort of excitement, fear, or agitation, but you know that just one word is not enough

to describe the nature of what you truly feel. Finally, you try to release yourself from

this tormenting and disabling start by doing something which is called expressing

oneself (Collingwood 1938, 109). Supposed this feeling is excitement. It is

frustrating to contain such feelings, so you Figure 6. “Cave Paintings” by Thomas

Quine relieve it by expressing through shouting or leaping in excitement. An

emotion will remain unknown to a man until he expresses them. Robin George

Collingwood, an English philosopher who is best known for his work in aesthetics,

explicated in his publication The Principles of Art (1938) that what an artist does to

an emotion is not to induce them, but express them (109). Through expressions, he

is able to explore his own emotions and at the same time, create something beautiful

out of it. Collingwood further illustrated that expressing emotions is something

different from describing emotions. In his example, explicitly saying “I am angry”

is not an expression of an emotion, but a mere description (111). There is no need in

relating or referring to a specific emotion, such as anger, in expressing one’s

emotion. Description actually destroys the idea of expression, as it classifies the

emotion, making it ordinary and predictable. Expression on the other hand,


individualizes (112). An artist has the freedom to express herself the way she wants

to. Hence, there is no specific technique in expression. This makes people’s art not

a reflection of what is outside or external to them, but a reflection of their inner

selves. There are countless ways of expressing oneself through art and below is a list

of popular art expressions including, but is not limited to the following: Visual Arts

Creations that fall under this category are those that appeal to the sense of sight and

are mainly visual in nature. Artist produce visual arts driven by their desire to

reproduce things that they have seen in the way that they perceived the (Collins and

Riley 1931, 149). We will not be too strict on the definition since there are other

artistic disciplines that also involve a visual aspect, such as performance arts, theater,

applied arts, which will be discussed in detail later on. Visual Arts is the kind of art

form that the population is most likely more exposed to, but its variations are so

diverse they range from sculptures that you see in art galleries to the movie you saw

last night

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