Week 7- Authorship
A
few weeks ago, we talked about authorship and what I meant. Of course, the
reiterate this of course being what the author means in what he draws or
writes. But also, what it means to the readers. Does what the readers
think the meaning is more important than the author’s. Now at the time we
looked at what Roland Barthes talks about in his writing "Death of the
Author." Roland believed that the author's given meaning is lost over time
has more viewers consume the art piece and interpret the
piece differently. Which is
something that you can watch happen. You could look at any form of media and
see this happen.
Last time
we looked at the image above, Why the man is in this room, and
whose meeting him. Is it death taking him after so long, maybe an
ally coming to save him. What's with the eye and triangle carved into the
wall. This is what I used as an example last time. What was your
interpretation of the image. What do you think this character is. If you read
the story, you would learn that the character on the ground is locked up,
having dreams of redoing it all. But at first glance, you don’t see the shackle
around his neck. You might just see him has locked in a room left to rot.
Or perhaps this image above. From
the title alone “Encounter with the winter Spirit” we can somewhat tell what
the story is going to be about. I also believe that you could infer this has
well. The dark blues and whites painting a frozen landscape, the characters
heavier clothing and, of course, the ice spreading through the air. But why was
is this character out here. Why aren’t they somewhere warm. Was the character
out and about when it froze. Or perhaps he had to leave the warmth for some
reason. When it comes to writing it’s a little easier to find the Author’s
meaning. Not saying that people don’t find their own meanings, or perhaps they
find meaning in nothing sometimes even. For an artist showing your meaning and
reasoning is harder than saying a poet.
Perhaps that is part of the art though,
perhaps it helps strengthen the story itself rather than lay it all bare. Lat
the audience try to find their own, that way when they find the truth it can be
that much more surprising for the Audience. This is one of the reasons I think
looking at historic art and trying to find the meaning is hard, because of the
fact we aren’t from that time. We don’t think like they did, or went through
the trials, and tribulations they have. Experiences play has big has a role in
Art as it does, in writing. Which Is a major part of life in general not just
in the world of Art.
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