Should the Writer Experience a Variety of People, Cultures and Situation to Produce Art? or Does Art Spring from the Solitary Power of Human Imagination?

Chelsea Cheriska                                                                        Ms Cox

Period 6                                                                                  12/30/15

                                                               Essay

Must the artist,(writer), experience a variety of people, cultures and situation to produce art? Or does art spring from the solitary power of human imagination?

• What can we tell about the artist, (writer), from his/her work?
• Should we see the artist,(writer), as removed from his/her work? Or
• Should we see every work as autobiographical, as revealing something about the artist, (writer’s), individual experience?

  For many artists (writers) their imagination and/or creativity run wild. But in my opinion, every writer at some point derives their work from some type of experience they’ve endured. Writers in fact usually do experience a various people, cultures, and/or situations to produce their works. Some writers and poets like Emily Dickenson, Edgar Allan Poe, Walden Thoreau, etc have all experienced situations with their families, early life, and career to create the art they’ve created. Writers can write from imagination, but the some of the best works in literature can come from past experiences.