About the fragmentation of everything. Modernism. The first part of the 1st text describing the creative methods of Mallarmé is just great in the extent of the creativity. All the thought that went into the creative process is original ,well thought out and deep, the second part of the text saddens me.

The second part of the text is about the modernist craze to simplify and deconstruct everything. On one hand, some believe that universal truths can be uncovered by a fragmentation so abusive of art that only its quintessential components remain. That accross cultures, languages, and hell…worlds, these concepts could be grasped, as they constituted the basic building blocs of the chosen art piece.

The second attempt of modernism was to build an art piece that was not representative, that was not a copy of something else. But instead to produce something that was. Something that was a new concept, a new idea, that had meaning regardless of exterior influence. Which in all practical terms is impossible. In terms of material, it is we as humans are limited to the building blocks available on this planet and maleable by humans, as it were.

The third category is for anyone else. Anyone who attemps to actually and truly defy the rules fits into this box.

Wow. Really? So now we understand art? All a piece of rubbish. I refuse to think that art has been so neatly stacked into boxes for philosophers to understand.

Remain creative my friends.