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The Goal of Art | Goldie Hawn

19 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker reflects on the personal, embodied nature of artistic creation. She describes mastering art as a way to channel something that originates in the heart, noting that art takes many forms such as painting. Drawing on her father's musical background, she likens herself to an instrument, saying she "plays my body" because she herself is the instrument. She emphasizes the indescribable feeling of being in the creative flow, suggesting that the deepest outcomes of art arise from this state. Finally, she remarks that ideas for writing and other creative work arrive in unexpected, mysterious ways.

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You master your art to be able to create something that starts in your heart. Art is, you know, there are many forms of art, painting as well. But this feeling of. It's like people used to say to me, because my father's a musician, do you play an instrument? I said, yes, I play myself. I play my body. I play myself. Because I'm also an instrument. Yes. So in a way, you can't describe what that feels like when you're in the flow. And I think the only outcome is that, you know, art and creating art is a. Is so deep. And how we get these ideas on writing, that stuff comes to you in the strangest ways.