Interpretation belo[n]gs to the reader, not the author.
This credo seems too simple to me.
We don't need a theory of art in daily life, but we cannot avoid from having theorems and presumptions. To give them a form, a Gestalt, in order to communicate them, must not be intermingled with constructing theories.
Thus I'm inclined to say:
Interpretation belongs nor to the reader nor to the author but to both in some sense. Interpretation is not a possession but a communication process, and as such never finishable.
You can see it that way, but the "filter" matters, and I don't see a piece of literary creation as a dialogue. It most certainly is a monologue with manyfold interpretations, just as a piece of art is. Now: when you talk about the body of work of an author, that becomes an entirely different issue.
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I don't think it's arbitrary.
Nevertheless it IS.
This is exactly what I deny.
Not understood - no interpretation from my side...
To interprete and being interpreted is not only the main thin in communication but in all subject-object-relations. We interprete some parts of 'nature' as something, and 'nature' does the same with mankind.
'Art' is part of 'nature', believe it or not. To encounter a piece of art means to be interpreted by that piece. You can best learn it in music, and I do not speak of Pop: Beethoven interpretes me, and Ligeti does in another way.
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Oh man! This will be a long and deep discussion where we will probably end up agreeing to disagree, but I will love it anyway, as you seem to be one of the brightest minds I have yet came across and I enjoy discussing interesting subjects with intelligent people. :)
I'll make my argument in a proper article and call that to your attention. It will be too long for a comment and I believe others may profit from additional exposure to this our conversation. It will happen later today, as now, I have to go check out a patient, but you won't go unanswered.
Maybe we should create a philosohers community. lol
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...at your service
;-)
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First we should look out for existing ones.
Maybe then we will have reason to...
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lol. I know you know I was joking. lolololol
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@ty-ty, I'm starting the writing now... Where do you suggest I publish? Freewriters?
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...no suggestion...
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No worries. I'm doing it in Dream Steem. lol
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@ty-ty... I try to go through life eliminating the excess in things. This includes the excess in my credos. The simpler, the leaner, the cleaner, the better.
I'm not looking for followers. And, though, at first sight that "credo", as you call it, may look simplistic, I can assure you it is not. You just have to think a little bit about the implications to realize the depth of perception it implies.
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You may retire on your island, but I would be sad.
It still does. Maybe I'm wrong in this perception.
So - I have misinterpreted your phrase.
And now - it's up to you to give me your interpretation of what you meant.
qed
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