Against Interpretation, Susan Sontag
“Ours is a culture based on excess, on overproduction; the result is a steady loss of sharpness in our sensory experience…. And it is in the light of the condition of our senses… that the task of the critic must be assessed. What is important now is to recover our senses. We must learn to see more, to hear more, to feel more…. In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art.” – Susan Sontag, “Against Interpretation,” 1964.
I like Susan Sontag, especially her work on photography. And camp. You obviously put a lot of thought into your quotes of the day!
December 10th, 2008 at 11:13 pmI’m reading a lot to finish an undergrad degree. So it’s whatever interested me that day. I really like Sontag. She’s concise, well-read, analytical.
December 12th, 2008 at 6:54 pm