Lucy is an artist. Lucy paints portraits of Barbara Streisand.
This paper is about what happens when we consciously look at paintings, or to be more accurate what I observe happening in my own consciousness when looking at a particular painting. I will suggest, but not assert, that what occurs in my own consciousness bears some relation to what occurs in the conscious minds of others when confronted with a similar object.
{ Consciousness, Literature and the Arts, August 2009 | The Conscious Act of Looking at a Painting, by Robert Pepperell | Continue reading | And: The Intentional-Attributive Definition of Art, by Alexey Aliev }
