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knowledge, and having emotion towards the knowledge distinguish us from the
knowledge- posses no emotions towards the knowledge. Only if we feel the force
something - then it belongs to us, since the force (emotional reaction) often
that emotions and knowledge are related to each other. Hence, presupposing
knowledge and emotion associated to each other?“, “Will Bennett’s claim hold
true for all cases?” and “Could knowledge be gained with no emotional
attachment to it?” –.
There are no doubts that arts and emotions are related to each other but
the question is how is it connected? There would be no art without emotions. And
emotion - helps to produce great art. However, does knowledge in arts such as
There can be no knowledge without emotion…
ANTUNI, ARYANORE NAFARINE.
until we have felt the force of the knowledge,
it is not ours” (adapted from Arnold Bennett).
MAY 2009 000592 057
Discuss this vision of the relationship between
knowledge and emotion.
particular emotion or does insight in emotion drive artist to produce powerful art
correlation between knowledge and emotion, let us dive into culture to see
feature of every culture around the world1. In Kadazan culture, the rituals when
death occurs revolve around the care of the dead and such rituals are usually
deaths tells us that we should feel lugubrious and doleful when death occurs and
this is understood and accepted in most cultures. For the Kadazans, when death
occurs, they will play the dunsai, a type of rhythmic gong music, at funerals 2. The
gongs are made of brass or bronze and they produce a muffled sound of a deep
tone. The muffled sound of deep tone, in my experience, caused my heart to beat
sadness. The ‘faster heart beat rate’ state that I experienced may be related to
the vibration of the wave particles in air – maybe– and as a result, my body
reacted in accordance to the ‘new heart beat’. Maybe the change in the state of
phenomena are not important. The important matters are “Do the Kadazans play
the dunsai to fabricate such an emotion?” and “Do the Kadazans compose the
1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death
2
http://www.sabahtravelguide.com/culture/default.ASP?page=musical_instruments
There can be no knowledge without emotion…
ANTUNI, ARYANORE NAFARINE.
until we have felt the force of the knowledge,
it is not ours” (adapted from Arnold Bennett).
MAY 2009 000592 057
Discuss this vision of the relationship between
knowledge and emotion.
and the knowledge that I have, is with the knowledge in the arts of playing the
gongs and about deaths – that is when death occurs, they should possess a feel a
atmosphere that corresponds to the emotions that they are feeling or should feel.
In tackling the second question -“Do the Kadazans compose the dunsai because
Shakespeare’s sentiment towards his lover inspired him to engrave his love in
such a touching poem – So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long
lives this and this gives life to thee3 –. As a result of his emotion, Shakespeare
contributed knowledge in the area of arts. Not only have we expanded our
also felt an emotion, to a certain extent, that Shakespeare felt – however true it
Kadazans compose dunsai as a result to their sadness, and to this day, just like
Shakepere’s pieces of arts are passed on, dunsai is inherited to most Kadazans
3
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/18.html
There can be no knowledge without emotion…
ANTUNI, ARYANORE NAFARINE.
until we have felt the force of the knowledge,
it is not ours” (adapted from Arnold Bennett).
MAY 2009 000592 057
Discuss this vision of the relationship between
knowledge and emotion.
holds true – for the moment – that correlation exists between area of knowledge
arts and emotions regardless of which dominates which and knowledge does
that of the area of knowledge history. “History is the interpretation of these facts,
the processing of them into a narrative with causes and effects”4. Though some
of the facts represented by the historians may be true, the historians’ emotions
and backgrounds may have influenced the way the history – the facts – was
For example, Martin Luther King made history for standing up for and
trying to stop discrimination against his race. If we are to compare the history
about Martin Luther King written by an African historian with the history recorded
by the authority, we would be able to detect that the language used by the
intense and passionate compared to that of the authority’s. Undoubtedly the way
4
TOK handbook
There can be no knowledge without emotion…
ANTUNI, ARYANORE NAFARINE.
until we have felt the force of the knowledge,
it is not ours” (adapted from Arnold Bennett).
MAY 2009 000592 057
Discuss this vision of the relationship between
knowledge and emotion.
the readers will be more likely to possess an emotion that is similar to that of felt
by the historian which book was read by the readers. In this sense, connection
One plus one equals two. Globally accepted – be it one came from a
learning system –, this man made axiom when added will always give the same
answer. The fact that we would not get any different answers when one is added
with one may awe someone, a certain special someone, but for the rest of us who
do not put any type of emotional attachment to this knowledge, does it mean
that we do not possess this knowledge? No, we absolutely do. Another example is
that of the golden ratio. In his tour de force, The Sacrament of the Last Supper,
Salvador Dalí unambiguously used the golden ratio and even the dimensions of
the canvas are a golden rectangle.5 The golden ratio is also evident in
5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio - Painting
There can be no knowledge without emotion…
ANTUNI, ARYANORE NAFARINE.
until we have felt the force of the knowledge,
it is not ours” (adapted from Arnold Bennett).
MAY 2009 000592 057
Discuss this vision of the relationship between
knowledge and emotion.
Debussy's Image, Reflections in Water, in which the major climax sits at the phi
position and the succession of keys is defined by the intervals 34, 21, 13 and 8 6.
These two sources of knowledge are based on the golden ratio, but would they
Artists and musicians will be more likely to feel astonished with these
pieces and thus having some sort of emotional attachment towards them. Does
this signify that those who are less affected or not affected at all by this
reference to the examples given, one will have emotion towards the knowledge if
it is significant to him or her and this tallies with Bennett’s statement. However, it
should not be ignored that one can still have knowledge albeit he or she does not
assertion may range from 4 to 6, which means it will not always be true and
6
Smith, Peter F. The Dynamics of Delight: Architecture and Aesthetics (New York:
Routledge, 2003) pp 83
There can be no knowledge without emotion…
ANTUNI, ARYANORE NAFARINE.
until we have felt the force of the knowledge,
it is not ours” (adapted from Arnold Bennett).
MAY 2009 000592 057
Discuss this vision of the relationship between
knowledge and emotion.
that there is a connection between knowledge and emotion and that relationship
intersect with each other, we can be sure that the knowledge and the emotion we
have will be embedded in our core being - thus the knowledge belongs to us -.
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