In any media, the superficial is initially of paramount importance. It is the instantaneous impression, the sudden sense of an image and the expression of reality it offers that communicates with force.
At this first critical moment, the percipient does more than observe, and projects emotional interests or needs and a fund of personal information upon the art form as an object of interest. This may be seen as something of a poetic, or romantic, moment of interaction.
Then, given the receptive viewer or listener, it is the content of the artistic work that sustains such involvement. Thus much depends upon whether it is the audience, the personal ego, or the art to which the artist is devoted.
At this first critical moment, the percipient does more than observe, and projects emotional interests or needs and a fund of personal information upon the art form as an object of interest. This may be seen as something of a poetic, or romantic, moment of interaction.
Then, given the receptive viewer or listener, it is the content of the artistic work that sustains such involvement. Thus much depends upon whether it is the audience, the personal ego, or the art to which the artist is devoted.
