
Ep. 292: Langer on Symbolic Music (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Relationship Between Art and Self-Expression
Mark O'Mara: If there's something symbolic about art, we should be able to talk about a logical form for that symbol. He says the idea that it's self-expressive, that we're cathartically getting our feelings out in art is wrong. "You can just curse or you can do whatever needs to be done cathartically," he says.
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