LIFE AS ART
“Our appetite for story is a reflection of the profound human need to grasp the pattern of living, not merely as an intellectual exercise, but within a personal, emotional experience.”
Robert McKee
LIFE AS STORY - I need to locate the plotline of my life. McKee’s term is “pattern of living”.
Only by taking an overarching view of the patterns reviewed in this course, is it possible for me
to grasp the fullness of what is yet possible for myself. It helps to take a look at my “worldview”
before the artistry of my own life can be more accessible to myself.
If I understand what ideas in my culture influenced me throughout my life, I can see the patterns
interwoven emotionally, psychologically, and intellectually. They are knit together by the spirit
that makes me, me. Why not take a little time to review the worldview of films like Casablanca,
Life is Beautiful, or Broadway Hits like Old Town and Art. Life as Art is my opportunity to search
for Beauty that reveals Truth. Or Life can be it’s opposite, a slow dripping descent into
degradation. See how it is that things “turn ugly”. Judy Joyce - Editor
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