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I think SOME art can have. I would not say art can or cannot generally. Depends what one means by moral ... (and 'art' and 'template' too I suppose ) ?
An example? I am thinking of a an old Australian colonial sign nailed to trees around the countryside to show Aboriginals Australian 'law'. There had been massacre and retaliations. The sign shows a picture; one side is an aboriginal spearing a white man and next to it are soldiers hanging the aboriginal. The other part shows a white man shooting aboriginals next to it soldiers are hanging the white man.
To me that is art, moral and a template. It might be easily understood if one knows the background or not if one doesn't.
For me the Thoth deck its ideas philosophy and 'art' do the same.
Also for me, art isn't just the thing there visually, I believe art, by its very nature, is meant to trigger a whole range of associations and understandings ... even if it is the empty space framed by one of Moore's sculptures.
Actually, the more you stimulate me to think about it, the more I see it. Especially in things like the Thoth 4 discs for example.
I see that art as giving a 'moral' lesson via a template.
An example? I am thinking of a an old Australian colonial sign nailed to trees around the countryside to show Aboriginals Australian 'law'. There had been massacre and retaliations. The sign shows a picture; one side is an aboriginal spearing a white man and next to it are soldiers hanging the aboriginal. The other part shows a white man shooting aboriginals next to it soldiers are hanging the white man.
To me that is art, moral and a template. It might be easily understood if one knows the background or not if one doesn't.
For me the Thoth deck its ideas philosophy and 'art' do the same.
Also for me, art isn't just the thing there visually, I believe art, by its very nature, is meant to trigger a whole range of associations and understandings ... even if it is the empty space framed by one of Moore's sculptures.
Actually, the more you stimulate me to think about it, the more I see it. Especially in things like the Thoth 4 discs for example.
I see that art as giving a 'moral' lesson via a template.