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Philosophy of Language

by Eugene Terekhin·Last posted 1 months ago

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In our day and age, when so much of true art is being eviscerated and trivialized, the words of George MacDonald become increasingly poignant:

“A genuine work of art must mean many things; the truer its art, the more things it will mean. ”

And:

“One difference between God’s work and man’s is that, while God’s work cannot mean more than he meant, man’s must mean more than he meant. ”

George MacDonald, a Scottish author, poet, and one of the founders of mythopoetry believed that all true art must mean more than it says. In other words, true art is a fractal — you look at one piece and suddenly recognize the same patterns everywhere.

True art expands indefinitely.

G.