Premium Content An Imaginary Garden With Real Toads
by Anonymous - November 30, 2007
Choose one of the provided quotes and reflect on it. I chose the following quote: ''Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.'' --Attributed to Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist and poet
''Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.''
--Attributed to Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist and poet
I’d like to beg to differ with Mr. Achebe. Art is not always man’s effort to create a different reality – or at least, it shouldn’t be. The best art isn’t an escape like a fairy…
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