Aisha Osman. Matthew Brogden. Engl 3001W Textual Analysis

Aisha Osman Matthew Brogden Engl 3001W: Textual Analysis â€Å"Methods† March 8th, 2017 Tradition and the Individual Talent: T.S. Eliot In Tradition and the Individual Talent, T.S. Eliot makes an argument against artists expressing their own emotions and their own personal experiences to a work of art. Eliot goes into detail in how personal experiences in a work of art would essentially be pushing your own emotions on to the reader whether they want them or not. He also highlights the benefits of allowing the text to speak for itself, in a sense. Eliot believes that true art is art that can give its own emotions without the input of the author. Choosing words carefully in such a way that no personal†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"(Eliot, 323). I agree with this statement because Eliot basically comes full circle to say that since there isn’t a solid definition of creative and what is true art and what is not, that art never actually improves. Century old art could not be held to the same standards as modern art not only because of the ever changing appeal of different color schemes and so on but also bec ause century old age does not have the same relevant morals and experiences as modern art. Modern art is more relatable because we may be able to understand them more than we could with older artwork. This quote also ties in with the last quote in the sense that since everyone has a different background and has a different understanding of what creativity is, or even has a different type of taste in artwork, that there is no real scale for if art is actually improving or not. There are only different types of art. T.S. Eliot then takes a drastic turn in stating that a person could never truly be an artist unless they sacrifice their personality. â€Å"The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.† (Eliot, 323) I disagree with this statement for more than one reason. The theory of depersonalization in a work of art takes away the humanity in that work of art. Art is a way of expressing one’s emotions, one’s creativity, and one’s message. These are the reasons people even bother making art. Art is never supposed to be