Notes on Ovid
Art as symbol creation—Art is metamorphosis. It is the changing of a thing into a symbol of that thing. The symbol is permanent, or supposed to stay permanent. It embodies, refers to, represents the original thing, it is the original thing. Art projects human elements onto that which isn’t human, so as to preserve the human. A change to avoid further ch…
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