Cloth weaving cloth, clay shaping clay: Toward a religion of beauty (or folkcrafts as a way of dwelling poetically)

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Philosophy

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Philosophia (Philippines)

Volume

17

Issue

2

First Page

208

Last Page

224

Publication Date

1-1-2016

Abstract

Prompted by Heidegger's search for great art in the modern times, this paper looks into crafts as answering the philosopher's frustrated call. Using Soetsu Yanagi's idea of a "religion of beauty," which turns to the ordinary as beautiful, it suggests that crafts - carefully made by hand while considering its affinity with nature and the human body that uses it - is a way of being, the way Heidegger described the way of "dwelling poetically." Copyright 2012. C & E Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Disciplines

Philosophy

Keywords

Ontology; Folk art

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