Which is to say, how do we recognize a talent when looking at art. Is pleasure a real indicator of artistic greatness?
How do we know whether we have the tools that fit the unique shape of something completely new?
Identifying great art may be trickier but more exciting than we think.
We look into Proust, specifically into one of the most intriguing narrative lines of In Search of Lost Time (Vol I): "La Berma", that is the tribulations of the nameless narrator with aesthetic anticipation, enjoyment and judement.
Are these three steps really the way to artistic paradise?
Tune in to find out, and enjoy some beautiful excerpts of this magnificent, detailed, and wordy (in the best sense!) piece of literature. But... is. it any good?
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Takeaways
• what is artistic talent
• how to identify it
• how Proust sees art and its judgement
• the subjective power revealed in art
• stream of consciousness
• what experience really means
• aesthetic experience and experience of life