[MD] Art and Stories

[Mary]

Hi Steve,

Could you say that fiction is more honest that non-fiction?  At least
fiction acknowledges itself as such.

Texas schoolbooks are being rewritten this year.  Did you know that we no
longer live in a Democracy but a Republic?  I guess Democracy sounds too
much like the Democratic Party, while a Republic comes from Republicans. :)
Down here it's important to some people to keep this straight, I guess.

Mary

- The most important thing you will ever make is a realization.


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> bounces at lists.moqtalk.org] On Behalf Of Steven Peterson
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 6:49 AM
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Subject: [MD] Art and Stories
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Just finished Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel, the latest from the
> author of Life of Pi--one of my all-time favorites:
> 
> "Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be
> real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get to
> emotional and psychological truths. As for nonfiction, for history, it
> may be real, but its truth is slippery, hard to access, with no fixed
> meaning bolted to it. If history doesn't become story, it dies to
> everyone except the historian. Art is the suitcase of history,
> carrying the essentials. Art is the life buoy of history. Art is seed,
> art is memory, art is vaccine."
> 
> "In addition to the knowledge of history...we need the understanding
> of art. Stories identify, unify, give meaning to. Just as music is
> noise that makes sense, a painting is colour that makes sense, so a
> story is life that makes sense."
> 
> Have you read this? I'm not sure what to say about that last bit right
> now other than that it grabbed me. I'd be interested in hearing your
> thougts while I wait for the dust to settle.
> 
> Best,
> Steve
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