16012 - From the art of man to human art
N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Athena Kehagias
All people that are not monsters begin with art, to express their own ego is because it can not be told otherwise. It is the individual need which takes nothing else into account , because creativity has to live without being necessarily controlled. But with the pass of time humanity plays an increasingly important role, because a work of art becomes a reference point for many people and it becomes collective. So slowly the artist through his work acquires another role, as he is expressing others also , and not only of a single era. With the analysis of the artwork, its contents is the property of humanity and thereon belong to mnemosyne’s superstructure that consist of Humanity. Then a change phase is created and we comprehend what is human art, as seen in Byzantine icons and frescoes. It’s no longer the person who expresses himself , but a part of humanity, therefore an entity that knows what emptiness is and produces a work of art for others because they know that only others are important for the continuity of Humanity. Human art is from the beginning sacrificing individuality for the collectiveness through humanitarism. As a value, it makes sense only if it belongs to the history of humanity and is completely indifferent to societies that are doomed to live and die in the present, and serve as a bridge only to the past and the future. From that moment on as future memory it can understand the conception of Teachers, who are the servants of Humanity.