Apr 11, 2004 17:02
If Aristotle was right, then I am in big trouble.
I bleed my heart into stories, all kinds and forms, whether in the cinema, in books, plays, whatever. No wait that doesn't sound right. My heart bleeds in art, whenever I take part in it (though I haven't created art since forever, if my old stories can be considered art). I ache so badly for characters in movies and books, it's ridiculous. Even at moments when no one else is feeling sad or teary, I blubber like a kid with a fallen ice cream cone.
Which brings me to my point about Aristotle's theory on catharsis - if people live out their feelings of fear and violence through vicarious means, and thus don't need to act them out in reality, does the same theory apply to sadness as well? I'm always sad when I watch or read anything. Maybe this is why I can't really feel much for anything in my life, because all my sadness has bled out of me in art.