I appreciate the creative act of a work of art

"The beauty of art is to represent not a beautiful thing, but in the beautiful representation of a thing."

Emanuel Kant.

Dedicated to Humberto Gonzalez. Who introduced me to the art world: aesthetics and teratology.

Does watching, watching, watching ...? What is the right word or to say the least, indispensable? I do not know. All I can say is that in the hermeneutical process that occurs between the viewer and the work of art in question, is of the same nature between the creative act that connects the artist with his work. In the end is a very intimate approach.

Yes, art theory, psychology even to mention two areas of knowledge, trying to "explain" the process. And they have their validity in terms of capacity to develop argumentative.

Only that to "educate" our eyes and our minds must be enriched by the artistic. Before explaining something we understand and comprehend. We can not do things in reverse.

For me, the opportunity to stand before a painting allows me to connect with the possibility to enjoy and experience the beauty for me means the possibility of further enrichment and creative and not a necessary adjectives to label some aspect of life. That is the great difference, a work of art in its beauty endures because it represents a trend, a need for immediacy. The beauty of the work is not fit or meet the aesthetic, but potentiate the spirit of being.

Moreover, the creative act and fortunately for most of the time it does, continually breaking paradigms. It is precisely the beauty, in reinventing themselves.

All you have to do one as a viewer is to understand and exercise that a picture is enjoyable. That is precisely the key and the ultimate result we are looking for: generating emotions.

The latter does not mean "adjectives" the work, much less explain it. What we really need to do is "feel with the eyes" the beauty of things. That certainly requires a great exercise in contemplation, which today becomes a big challenge.

However, everything can be achieved. The first step is giving us the opportunity to see a picture, and not force the mind, emotions far, everything has to flow spontaneously.

View shapes, colors, arrangement of spaces, the elements of composition, application of the shadows and lights, the absence of some elements, the suggestion of the subject, reflective challenge, the attitudes of the persons or things, the accommodation of the box, lighting, separation from one another painting, our mood, our willingness to appreciate the poetic language of the work ... to name a few elements of hermeneutic ritual must, I repeat, enjoyable.

How often and when have you given the opportunity to see a picture? What are your reasons? If you have not done or not, I invite you, dear reader, you know that wonderful opportunity. You will have a unique spiritual growth. Begin to understand many things, such as one has in his hands the possibility of not living in the immediate.

As Octavio Paz said, "I have to rush and hurry do not know why."

You can stop the time-space and once you've reached the enjoyment, so you can apply to other aspects of your life.

That's really the function of art. Inviting contemplation and creating our own reality in a measured, disciplined and transformative. It is therefore spiritual enrichment.

For you what is beauty?

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