The photoplay; a psychological study (1916)

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Record Details:

Title:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Date:
1916
Publisher:
New York [etc.] D. Appleton and company
Volume:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Leaf #:
000161
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Cornell University Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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THE PHOTOPLAY this enjoyment of the artistic work results from the fact that only in contact with an isolated experience can we feel perfectly happy? Whatever we meet in life or nature awakes in us desires, impulses to action, sug- gestions and questions which must be an- swered. Life is a continuous striving. Noth- ing is an end in itself and therefore nothing is a source of complete rest. Everything is a stimulus to new wishes, a source of new un- easiness which longs for new satisfaction in the next and again the next thing. Life pushes us forward. Yet sometimes a touch of nature comes to us; we are stirred by a thrill of life which awakens plenty of im- pulses but which offers satisfaction to all these impulses in itself. It does not lead be- yond itself but contains in its own midst everything which answers the questions, which brings the desires to rest. Wherever we meet such an offering of na- ture, we call it beautiful. We speak of the beautiful landscape, of the beautiful face. And wherever we meet it In life, we speak of love, of friendship, of peace, of harmony. The word harmony may even cover both na- ture and life. Wherever it happens that 153