Thursday, October 25, 2007
The Hunger Artist
The author of The HungerArtist wanted the reader to see the hunger artist as a work of art. To him a person fasting should be seen as something that you should observe and be able to understand. However the author doesn't want you to admire him or be like him he just wants you to take notice and see what he sees. Also when the hunger artist says the reason he wouldn't eat is because he couldn't find anything that he enjoyed, even though he never looked to find anything to feed his hunger, he really meant that fasting and cleansing yourself was the only thing that could satisfy his hunger. To him this was seen as beautiful. As a result he spent his last days dying from fasting, his body was finally shutting down. But since he loved what he did so much he could never change for the better, but rather die from the worst, which I thought was panther that was placed in the cage when he died........ I really enjoyed reading this story, the moral was very deep.
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i couldn't stop to relate this story with how todays artists are too going though something like this. wait, they call them struggling artist and at time starving artist. anyways, i believe this story is very relevant to todays world.
I don't exactly get your point abouut the panther, but it is interesting to consider the contrast...
You point about nor judging the artist--"seeing what he sees"--interesting, and worth exploring more. Relates to some of the following (copied from comments I've made on other blogs):
What does the story suggest about the value, subject matter, etc. of art, and the relationship between the artist and his/her medium? In this case the artist useses himself--his body--as his art...
See also my comments on Albert's blog, and consider also the title, and some of the questions circling around art, the artist, the relationship between the two, the value of art, its purpose, the relationship between art, artist, the artist and the person(personal) man/woman, and the commercial (exploitative) world of art “business,” etc.
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