Preliminary Thoughts on the Dimensions of Art

Abstract

In Chapter 5 and 7 I spoke of Art and may have given the impression that I was talking about a unitary object. However, I am aware, that, at one level, it is true to say that ‘There is no such thing as art, there are only arts’. And to correct any impression that I would wish to deny that there are very deep differences between the arts — and because those differences are interesting in their own right — I want here to identify some of the most striking and to explore them a little. They do not undermine my fundamental claim that the common purpose of all arts is to help us to arrive, and perhaps, dwell in the Kingdom of Ends, to enable us truly to experience our experiences.