The colonial period of U.S. history contains a variety of interesting lessons. One of these pertains to the concept of a "virtuoso." The virtuoso was primarily characterized by curiosity. Rather than being overly specialized, the virtuoso explored a wide range of interests. The study of nature, art, literature, and theology all would have been pursuits common to this stereotype. This blog aspires to take this early category and use it as a point of departure for exploration and reflection.
Monday, February 1, 2016
Friedrich Schiller, "On the Art of Tragedy"
"The artist, if I may be permitted this image, first economically gathers all the individual rays of light belonging to the object that he makes the tool of his tragic purpose and in his hands they become the lightning that ignites all hearts. While the novice hurls the entire lightning bolt of terror and fear into our heads all at once and without effect, the artist reaches his goal step-by-step through simple, little strokes and penetrates the soul in its entirety, precisely because he touched it only gradually and incrementally."
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