The Original in Art

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by lizziebith

The original can also be said to give us proximity with the muse/creator of the work... in the presence of an original, we experience a brush with the artist her/himself -- across time and distance, and for many of us this is as close as we get to that genius fire.

I was just coming back to say eactly this. Just as we tend to hold on to things we know our loved ones possessed in an attempt to remain connected to them, we imbue the physical object on which the artist work with some of their "spirit", so to speak.