Today, the idea is that sometimes I contemplate art as a dialogue between our ancestors and us, the contemporary people. Moreover, I often see art as a dialogue between our predecessors and us and our posterity.
Why do I think about art as a three-dimensional dialogue? My art is one of the examples. But, in general, all the artists take part in this specific kind of dialogue between generations. All the artists try to change reality by creatively referencing the past works of the great masters. It is not an accident that practically whole humanity takes inspiration from such great artists or philosophers like Seneca, Leonardo da Vinci, Frederic Chopin, Fyodor Dostoyevski, or Stanislaw Lem.
Why do we want to take inspiration from the ones who are already dead?
The answer is simple: previous artists wanted to communicate something important to their contemporaries and undoubtedly wanted to give their ideas to their successors. Today, we make art because we want to respond and transform their thoughts. We can discuss this with them, thanks to creating artworks. While doing that, we are maintaining the hopes that what we are doing will be useful for future generations.
All the artists hope that they will inspire the next, upcoming generations. I am sure that practically all the artists dream of becoming famous influencers to their contemporaries and posterity.
That is why I often think about art as a dialogue. All three sides (people from the past, present, and the future) were and will try to communicate. Predecessors undoubtedly wanted to inspire us and give us their knowledge, insights about their world. Today, we try to correspond with them by creating new things, which we hope will benefit future generations.
Yes, by writing this post, I convinced myself that art is indeed a dialogue.
