@article{esj 176, author = {Jeremy Raymond}, title = {‘The Work Lets the Earth be an Earth’ (The Origin of the Work of Art). Heidegger and Poetry.}, volume = {3}, year = {2010}, url = {http://publications.essex.ac.uk/esj/article/id/176/}, issue = {1}, doi = {10.5526/esj129}, abstract = {<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt -2.3pt 6pt 0cm; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif;">What makes a work of art a work of art?  Whether by music, or painting, or sculpture, or poetry, we all have a susceptibility to be moved profoundly by art, so when we are asked what it is that makes ‘this’ ‘art’, why are we left with so little to say? In fact, we are often left somewhat dumbfounded that a suitable answer is not more forthcoming, and the more thought we put into the problem the more baffling the experience seems to become. ‘You know art when you see it’, is the usual explanation  we eventual y concede to but of course we can see, even if we don’t want to admit, that this is no answer at all.  For Heidegger, art is one area that best exemplifies his overall project concerning the ontological examination of Being and our comportment to our reality. By unpacking the Heideggarian lexicon of <i>‘On the Origin of the Work of Art’,</i> I aim to elucidate and make coherent Heidegger’s explanation for this, one of our most consistently bewildering questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>}, month = {12}, keywords = {Art; Heidegger; Poetry.}, issn = {2633-7045}, publisher={University of Essex Library Services}, journal = {Essex Student Journal} }