{"id":776,"date":"2024-05-09T11:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?p=776"},"modified":"2024-05-01T12:59:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T16:59:44","slug":"152-the-7-functions-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/2024\/05\/09\/152-the-7-functions-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"152: The 7 Functions of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8268\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-776-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/152-7FunctionsofArt.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/152-7FunctionsofArt.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/152-7FunctionsofArt.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/arting\/content.blubrry.com\/arting\/152-7FunctionsofArt.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_pinw=776-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('776-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_776-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_776-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/?powerpress_embed=776-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one is a doozy.  Mom and I definitely do not see eye-to-eye at all on this topic and it makes for a very lively conversation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/152-7FunctionsofArt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/152-7FunctionsofArt-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/152-7FunctionsofArt-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/152-7FunctionsofArt-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/152-7FunctionsofArt-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/152-7FunctionsofArt.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria Popova at The Marginalian wrote a 2013 blog post called <a href=\"http:\/\/\u2022\thttps:\/\/www.themarginalian.org\/2013\/10\/25\/art-as-therapy-alain-de-botton-john-armstrong\/\">\u201cArt as Therapy: Alain de Botton on the 7 Psychological Functions of Art\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 It\u2019s an exploration of the book <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Ul3oGR\">\u201cArt as Therapy\u201d<\/a> by Alain de Botton and John Armstrong.\u00a0 I read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaindebotton.com\/art\/qa\/\">an interview with Alain de Botton<\/a> and I loved everything he had to say about the function of art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cArt can help us with our most intimate and ordinary dilemmas, asking: What can I do about the difficulties in my relationships? Why is my work not more satisfying? Why do other people seem to have a more glamorous life? Why is politics so depressing? The purpose of this book is to introduce a new method of interpreting art: art as a form of therapy. It\u2019s the authors\u2019 contention that certain art works provide powerful solutions to our problems, but that in order for this potential to be released, the audience\u2019s attention has to be directed towards it in a new way (which they demonstrate), rather than towards the more normal historical or stylistic concerns with which art books and museum captions are traditionally associated. The authors propose that the squeamish belief that art should be \u2018for art\u2019s sake\u2019 has unnecessarily held back art from revealing its latent therapeutic potential. This book involves reframing and recontextualising a series of art works from across the ages and genres, so that they can be approached as tools for the resolution of difficult issues in individual life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what he said about the 7 functions of art:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cart works can help us to remember what matters; they also lend us hope; they dignify sorrow; they expand our horizons; they help us to understand ourselves; they rebalance us; and lastly they make us appreciate the familiar anew.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This is the Matisse painting I referenced during the podcast, &#8220;Woman on a High Stool&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/152matisse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/152matisse-676x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/152matisse-676x1024.jpg 676w, https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/152matisse-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/152matisse-768x1163.jpg 768w, https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/arting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/152matisse.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mo Issa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/mo-issa.medium.com\/how-alain-de-bottons-densification-of-time-can-lengthen-our-lives-37dcfa5ba6b6\">Desensification of Time<\/a> article<\/li><li>Tip the Artist: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/balzerdesigns\">PayPal.Me\/balzerdesigns<\/a><\/li><li><mark style=\"background-color:#f4c6d2\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Sign up for the Friday FREE newsletter: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.feedblitz.com\/bco\">https:\/\/forms.feedblitz.com\/bco<\/a>\u00a0<\/mark><\/li><li>Monthly Membership: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/JulieMembership\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/JulieMembership<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li>Take an online class: <a href=\"https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/Classroom\/\">https:\/\/balzerdesigns.com\/Classroom\/<\/a><\/li><li>Shop: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juliebalzer.com\/shop.html\u00a0\">https:\/\/www.juliebalzer.com\/shop.html\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li>Let&#8217;s connect on instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/balzerdesigns\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/balzerdesigns\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li>Favorite Things: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/shop\/balzerdesigns\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/shop\/balzerdesigns<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for listening and subscribing!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This one is a doozy. 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