Research
The Work of Art a The Philosophical Word
he work of art as a transfer of truth about human existence can be treated as a sign-word of an invisible sphere of reality. In this situation it becomes a revelation of nature, which enjoys concealing things before the human being. Let us notice what the Wise Man from Ephesus (among others B 123) says that about this invisibility and truthfulness. If we admit that the work of art is a kind of sign of the transfer of a divine truth, which has been revealed to the artist, then an interesting aphorism (B 93) is the one which reads: “The Lord, whose oracle is in Delphi, neither says nor conceals, only gives signsâ€1. Let us emphasise, after Kazimierz Mrówka, that a sign does not destroy the otherness of nature but “reveals it, brings it out from o t h e r n e s s and brings it near to the human being.â€2 Let us try to interpret here the work of art as a subtle sign of this otherness, a sign concealing the truthful essence of nature – which likes to conceal before the human being... The work of art here is also the philosophical word, announcing the life and death mystery.
Life a The Mystery of Pain, Delight and Death
nameless life and death river – a river of eternal changing – glittering, gasping and tempting in its existential eroticism. A priestess of desires and lusts watches over the boundless power of the life cult – like the sparks of a hissing volcano –invading the core of existence. When the priestess` mouth whispers spells, in order for the eroticism of existence to break free from the limits of its concrete body, divine lovers open the mystery of joy, and their souls wallow in the magic dimension of life`s corporeality, to set free the boundless power of the life cult.
