Do I love art? Yes. In today’s post, I will explain to you, my Dear Friend, why.Â
Literality, facts, balanced, reliable information are essential in the work of a journalist or accountant. There does not have to be literalness, data, or a 1:1 representation of reality when it comes to broadly understood art. This is why I love art. Why am I writing about all these things? Recently I found out that there is a perfume called “The Moon” by Frederic Malle. The first thought that came to me was something like this:
Why, by what right, someone usurps the right to suggest what the Moon smells like. How should a man who has never been to the Moon know what it smells like on the Moon? Only those who were in space and on Earth’s satellite can understand and feel it.
After seconds after this way of thinking, however, I corrected myself. Suddenly, I understood that I was wrong. I thought that it was even beautiful that someone, creating a work of art in the form of a perfume, based on earthly ingredients, dares to call the fragrance the Moon. Indeed, it is unbelievable that someone suggests us the smell of the Earth’s satellite. Does creating a perfume a kind of art? Undoubtedly, yes, it is. I think that smelling perfume can be the most pleasurable way to feel other people’s creative joy. The literalness is not as beautiful, and I find art a wonderful space to let our imagination run wild, regardless of whether we stick to the facts or not.
I also have some works related to the cosmos that can be boldly labeled as science fiction, not science and literalism. If you want to experience my way of literalness in art creating, you can watch such works like: “Earth Wars,” “His Master’s Fart,” or “Little Prince.” That is why I love art. We do not have to stick to facts and data while creating new work.
