Sunday 21 November 2010

Art - religion, by Simone Weil

Simone traz-me Deus de volta:
"Hence all art of the highest order is religious in essence. (That is what people have forgotten today)". 
(Either i want to reach that art, or I can spare myself the effort.
To "want" that means to do everything necessary to become an instrument, and the way for women to reach this has maybe never been so difficult.)
"For, just as there is an art which is divine, so there is one which is demoniacal. It was no doubt the latter that Nero loved. A great deal of our art is of the devil.
Art will never be reborn except from amidst a general anarchy - it will be epic no doubt... it is therefore quite useless for you to envy Leonardo or Bach. Greatness in our times must take a different course. Moreover it can only be solitary, obscure and without an echo...."
Sometimes i think that i am more useful in religion then in art....

The chaos the anarchy the state of utter destruction and affliction that has overtaken me and my life, to the point that "God knows if there will be any more art at all coming out of these hands of yours my Lord".... all this maybe, is that anarchy that she said was necessary. Just like although i have some maps with good work, there's nothing like those small things of blood that i did... fresh at the suffering.