~ Leo Tolstoy
Author Leo Tolstoy believed that art was a form of consciousness and a mode of communication. What the heck does that mean? Basically that successful art has the ability to infect the viewers/readers with the same feelings the artist felt while creating. Tolstoy says:
The stronger the infection, the better is the art as art, speaking now apart from its subject matter, i.e., not considering the quality of the feelings it transmits. And the degree of the infectiousness of art depends on three conditions:
1. On the greater or lesser individuality of the feeling transmitted.In other words. . . the more feeling that is transmitted, the more impression that art makes on the viewer/reader.
2. On the greater or lesser clearness with which the feeling is transmitted.
3. On the sincerity of the artist, i.e., on the greater or lesser force with which the artist himself feels the emotion he transmits.
Now then, think back on the books you've read over your lifetime. Personally, my short list is Charlotte Bronte, John Steinbeck, Michael Crichton, Francine Rivers, Jessica Dotta. . . and that's naming only a few.
Which stories did your emotions get tangled up in? What authors infected you?
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4 comments:
Frank Peretti was the first author to totally get me tangled up with emotions. His spiritual warfare novels drew me in and had me visualizing everything clearly. The man can write!....well, not so much with his last book.
I would have to say Dee Henderson, Katie Ganshert, Ronie Kendig, and Tessa Afshar. As for which of their books effected me the most, going in order: The Guardian or The Healer, A Broken Kind of Beautiful, Raptor 6, and Pearl in the Sand.
You, for example...Charles Dickens, Francine Rivers and the author of the bible:)
Peretti, for sure! Though I haven't read his most recent. And I need to read Ronie Kendig. A big resounding yes to Dickens & Rivers and especially to God!
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