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Spencer Heath's

Series

Spencer Heath Archive

Item 590

Outline for a talk. Or an essay?

 

 

 

 

Gestalt — Composition — Creation — Work of Art

Acts upon human nature

Response — Variable or Uniform — Invariable

Uniform as regards what is common to all men

Variable as to what is variable among men

Must the Gestalt, then, act in two ways?

Gestalt must evoke emotional response or reaction

POLARITY — Major — Minor

Kind of reaction

Negative

Fear — Hate

Flight — Fight  Minor

Animal reactions — compulsive

     Constraint — Danger — Inimical to life — Insecurity

   Positive

  No flight — no fight — Security

  No “problem.”  Inspiration — Freedom

Creation —

Intuitive — Concrete — Particular Grandmother cooking

Rational — Abstract — General

Rational technology

Granddaughter — Laboratory

Fine Arts — Intuitive only?

Rational arts — Esthetic? 

Metadata

Title Subject - 590
Collection Name Spencer Heath Archive
Series Subject
Box number 5:467-640
Document number 590
Date / Year
Authors / Creators / Correspondents
Description Outline for a talk. Or an essay?
Keywords Gestalt Creation Art Psychology