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(5 pp) Man has always asked himself questions, as a
way of deciphering what is important to him as
an individual; what is important in the world; and
when, and if those two correlate. The question
posed is art as self expression, or art as the
expression of the will (to communicate). We will be
looking for clues to our answer in the works of
Trakl, Kandinsky, and Lukacs.
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be looking for clues to our answer in the works of Trakl, Kandinsky, and Lukacs. BBexpart.doc THE EXPRESSIVE NATURE OF ART
Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., December 2000 Introduction Man has always asked himself questions, as a way of deciphering what
is important to him as an individual; what is important in the world; and when, and if those two correlate. The question posed is art as self expression., or
art as the expression of the will (to communicate). We will be looking for clues to our answer in the works of Trakl. Kandinsky and Lukacs. Georg Trakl (1887 -
1914) Poet The thematic approach to Trakls work could be viewed as belief in the natural cycle of experience from animal to plant matter: death, decay, rebirth/transcendence, --the constant repeat
affirming the life process. However although he may have written of that cycle, we have the sense that this poet was transfixed to the point of being immobile, by
the death and decay component, rather than seeing it as simply a step in the creative process. When speaking of immobility in this sense, we are looking at the
ability to move on, or to move forward. I am suggesting that his preoccupation with death and decay, clouded or immobilized his vision, to see the parts of
a whole, rather the parts of that process loomed disproportionately in front of him. It would seem that Trakl used the art of poetry as an expression of
will - in other words, his need to communicate was so strong that only poetry could accomplish the task. Listen to the first stanza of the poem,
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