All Discussions Tagged 'imagination' - Authors.com2024-03-28T09:42:14Zhttp://www.authors.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=imagination&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe Writer's Responsibility?tag:www.authors.com,2011-07-28:3798404:Topic:708422011-07-28T11:27:48.580ZGeoff Hallhttp://www.authors.com/profile/GeoffHall
<p>I was reading Andrei Tarkovsky's 'Sculpting in Time' and he refers to the responsibility of the artist.</p>
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<p><em>"The artist [writer] has no right to an idea to which [they are] not socially committed, or the realisation of which could involve a dichotomy between [their] professional activity and the rest of [their] life."</em></p>
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<p>The world stage is full of images of the horrors of Oslo, the pictures of the young people of Norway scan across our screens. We see what…</p>
<p>I was reading Andrei Tarkovsky's 'Sculpting in Time' and he refers to the responsibility of the artist.</p>
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<p><em>"The artist [writer] has no right to an idea to which [they are] not socially committed, or the realisation of which could involve a dichotomy between [their] professional activity and the rest of [their] life."</em></p>
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<p>The world stage is full of images of the horrors of Oslo, the pictures of the young people of Norway scan across our screens. We see what happens when Nietzsche's 'superman' (Breivik) imposes their 'will' through brute force. Carnage, horror and scenes more akin to Brueghel's 'The Triumph of Death' ensue.</p>
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<p>As writer's do we have a responsibility to offer a alternative way of imagining the world which can lead to creating a different future, ameliorating the powerlessness of the disenfranchised, where personal anonymity isn't resolved by the violence of the gun? Does our writing reflect our social commitments, or are we attempting to escape the Friday Horror Show in Oslo by cultivating a dichotomy between our work and the rest of our lives?</p>
<p>In redescribing, re-imagining the world, can we engage our readers to do the same?</p>
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<p>Geoff</p>
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<p> </p> Who is your favourite book character and why?tag:www.authors.com,2010-07-08:3798404:Topic:94162010-07-08T08:56:07.000ZSean Noonanhttp://www.authors.com/profile/SeanNoonan
<p>My characters tend to have lives of their own . They become real in my imagination, either that or they are wooden and need to be brought to life ... sounds familiar somehow.</p>
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<p>My favourite character is possibly Grumphspawn, who has been about for over ten years already but has just recenly made it to the written word. He has redeemable qualities and a very large ability to imagine too. <br/></p>
<p>My characters tend to have lives of their own . They become real in my imagination, either that or they are wooden and need to be brought to life ... sounds familiar somehow.</p>
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<p>My favourite character is possibly Grumphspawn, who has been about for over ten years already but has just recenly made it to the written word. He has redeemable qualities and a very large ability to imagine too. <br/></p>