The transmission of culture is not always in verbal or written form, being conveyed by the arts as well.
Visual arts portray symbolic images, and sounds possess myriad symbolic attributes associated with emotions, perceptions, and ideas, suggesting, as they may, states of mind as diverse as those of celebration, ecstasy, and fear.
The ubiquity of media contributes to immersion in these representations, and thus their potential effects upon the psyche. And while the extent to which composer and listener engage creative experience is certainly a reflection of cultural conditions, it can also be one of conscious, individual choice and aesthetic sensibility.
Visual arts portray symbolic images, and sounds possess myriad symbolic attributes associated with emotions, perceptions, and ideas, suggesting, as they may, states of mind as diverse as those of celebration, ecstasy, and fear.
The ubiquity of media contributes to immersion in these representations, and thus their potential effects upon the psyche. And while the extent to which composer and listener engage creative experience is certainly a reflection of cultural conditions, it can also be one of conscious, individual choice and aesthetic sensibility.
