Amanda Pretlow- Worldmaking

Probably the most interesting thing that that we discussed in class was the idea of world-making. We discussed the idea of religious art as myth. Myth is a narrative of what has happened in the past since the beginning of time. WHen we create myth we, in a way, create our histories and the world. Religious art can be seen in the same way. Art is the manifestation of a new world: the world that exists in the artist's mind in relation to to the outside world. Art is an expression of the phenomenal world as we perceive it. It seems to be true that as we create art, we actually do engage in world making.