2009-08-05 - 12:07 p.m.
把艺术带给民众
要怎么样把艺术带给民众呢? 我意识到有些老百姓会说："艺术阿？我不会欣赏。"
记得姐姐敏和我去滨海艺术中心看舞蹈表演时，她感叹艺术似乎太脱离民众了。当时，我没什么感触。只是说那当然。如果auntie, uncle 或学生连三餐多无法温饱，那更免谈什么艺术了。我也相信不是每个人都对艺术有兴趣的。如果艺术能像民间广播的音乐一样亲近人们，那就应该可以达到"把艺术带给民众" 的效果吧。
已故郭宝昆先生有此感叹："这些年来，我总是持着这样的想法。艺术的重要性是次于生活的，生活才是最基本的，首要的。除非你严肃地对待生活，不然搞艺术就变得毫无意义了。艺术的真谛是通过艺术的过程，去对生活做更深入的了解。"
我有些不明白最后一段的意识。可我知道不是每个人都喜欢做深入思考的。也明白流行音乐和流行电影的普扁性和价值是不容忽视的。流行似乎更能亲近老百姓，因为它比高极文化要便宜的多。一部流行电影的影响力常常也由人们的反应而定。但，我觉得人们去看电影，通常是为了消遣。电影背后的信息通常在几天后可能就被遗忘。我不排除有些至理名言会烙印在有些人生命里，但我想那是少数。这也说明了为什么文艺片通常都没那么热门。不是每个人都喜欢看节奏较慢，意思较深的电影。
就此一论，我突然觉得韩三元先生的话有道理，但郭宝昆先生的话也同样有道理。郭先生认为看不懂的戏未必就不好，容易看的戏未必就好。韩三元先生说这理论如果发挥过头，以为搞戏可以不必理会看不看的懂，就有问题。他觉得戏剧总归是演给大家看的，如果戏剧太远离大众，大众也必远离戏剧。
我觉得两位都是智者！应为其实他们道出了人类的复杂性，人类的不同。基本上，两位的理论是针对不同的观众群写的。喜欢深入思考，慢节奏的人会喜欢郭先生的理论，而不喜欢的人就应该会支持韩先生的理论。我想艺术者就应该想想每一样作品的观众群。
我觉得艺术应该贴近民众。不然就会像韩三元先生所说的大众也必逐渐脱离艺术。
池田先生在新人间革命'The Flower of Culture Chapter'里写道："...culture and art take on their true meaning when they are known and loved by the people. Without the participation and appreciation of the people, culture and art are empty and meaningless."
"...At that time however, few ppl in Japan attended classical music concerts or the ballet or the traditional art or visted art galleries. This was in part cos of the Jap ppl were not all that interested in the arts. Also, those in the arts did not make sufficient efforts to reach out and bring thier art to the people."
This seemed to resonate with Mr Kuo's "艺术的重要性是次于生活的，生活才是最基本的，首要的". At the same time, it also agrees with Mr Han's "戏剧总归是演给大家看的".
High culture has its down sides when it becomes too aloof and distant from the common people.
Also, how civilised someone is cannot be strictly determined by whether he or she loves arts. There seemed to be a debate on the relation between culture and civilisation.
I read somewhere that "it is not necessarily that ppl who love arts, classical music, literature or animals are kind people. Hitler love dogs. Most Naziz's top leaders love classical music.
Human beings are so complex, isn't it?
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