In-der-Blog-sein

20th Century Phil. Blog on how art worlds:

It is only when the work is not looked at, but entered that one truely sees Heidegger's 'nature of the origin'. If you look at Van Gogh's painting of the peasants shoes and see a painting or a pair of shoes, you have not seen the origin or nature of the work- rather, you have seen a thing. If you see the work and are brought into the world of the peasant- you have seen the origin or nature of the work.

Here's a pair of pictures of peasant footwear. Don't see the boots, instead ponder their world.  ¶ 10:38 PM