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Science and technology of today save people’s money, time and energy, but art makes them spent. It gives people experiences that matter for who they are and for who they take themselves to be. Some people might think that its influence on the society is not as strong as that of science and technology, but I believe that it still has values that cannot be replaced, and what those are will be discussed in this essay.
Obviously, aesthetic preferences in music, painting and art can enhance the life of people in the society by changing who they are. Their preferences undergo at least one major change every two weeks in an aesthetic domain, but they like to think that they do not change much because for them, being a different person is losing (자아를 잃어버린다고 써주시면 더 좋을 것 같네요. 쓸 말이 없어서 이거라도 써봤습니다.) themselves. However, art sometimes enables them to wake up tomorrow being kinder than they are now with a feeling that it would still be them.
Apparently, as aesthetics is about special moments like autumn leaves in the park or the light of the setting sun falling on the kitchen table, people often think life as a work of art. However, what they represent is not the fact that their life is a work of art, but rather that the attitudes towards life can be like the attitudes towards a work of art. Otherwise, the aesthetic moments might just be isolated islands in their dull daily routine without changing anything.
Last but not least, art works differently from science and technology in the society. The mere exposure to it shapes the views of people on themselves and their life and change their tomorrow. |