115. A picture telling me something will consist in my recognition in
its objects in some sort of characteristic arrangement. –
What does “this object is familiar to me” mean?
‘a picture telling me something will consist in my recognition of in its
objects in some sort of characteristic arrangement?’
my ‘recognition’ here is the use of
descriptions
‘objects’ – is a description – as is ‘arrangement’ –
I bring these – if you like ‘meta descriptions of ‘object’ and
‘arrangement’ to the picture
you might say they are ingrained descriptions – and assumed descriptions
–
I think of them as shadow
descriptions
point being – any ‘surface’ description that I bring to the picture – is
shadowed by these descriptions
‘what does ‘this object is familiar to me’ mean?’
what it means is that I use
the description ‘object’ – and associated descriptions –
and use these descriptions regularly
however as the history of art illustrates – these description – both
shadow and surface – can be – and indeed have been challenged
this is not a characteristic of art – rather it is a fact of the logic
of description –
any description is a proposal
– is a proposition – open to question – open to doubt – uncertain
culture and practice may well entrench certain descriptions –
this is the argument of utility –
however logic is never defeated by utility
© greg t. charlton. 2015.
