Chinese Ink Brush Writing, Body Mimesis, and Responsiveness |
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Authors: | Mathias Obert |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Philosophy, National Sun Yat-sen University, No. 70, Lienhai Rd., Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Abstract: | This essay aims at an elucidation of the performative relation connecting artistic mimesis with the living body. Encompassing art theory and phenomenology of the body, the scope is to evince a crucial link between aesthetic interpretation, body motion, and mimetic creativity, with general implications for reflection on the body, as well as a deeper understanding of a major element of ancient Chinese culture. By mainly analyzing Chinese texts on ink brush writing, as well as some testimony taken from 20th century European philosophy, this essay, from a transcultural stance, tries to show how ink brush writing may be interpreted as a type of regulated body movement and body exercise. What appears as responsiveness within this phenomenal field is a specific form of mimesis, namely body mimesis. As a sort of imitative action, body mimesis runs through the bodily self, beyond consciousness, transforming it and shaping its behavior. |
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