Портрет художника в юности
Chapter 5
—Butwearejustnowinamentalworld,Stephencontinued.Thedesireandloathingexcitedbyimproperestheticmeansarereallynotestheticemotionsnotonlybecausetheyarekineticincharacterbutalsobecausetheyarenotmorethanphysical.Ourfleshshrinksfromwhatitdreadsandrespondstothestimulusofwhatitdesiresbyapurelyreflexactionofthenervoussystem.Oureyelidclosesbeforeweareawarethattheflyisabouttoenteroureye.
—Notalways,saidLynchcritically.
—Inthesameway,saidStephen,yourfleshrespondedtothestimulusofanakedstatue,butitwas,Isay,simplyareflexactionofthenerves.Beautyexpressedbytheartistcannotawakeninusanemotionwhichiskineticorasensationwhichispurelyphysical.Itawakens,oroughttoawaken,orinduces,oroughttoinduce,anestheticstasis,anidealpityoranidealterror,astasiscalledforth,prolonged,andatlastdissolvedbywhatIcalltherhythmofbeauty.
—Whatisthatexactly?askedLynch.
—Rhythm,saidStephen,isthefirstformalestheticrelationofparttopartinanyestheticwholeorofanestheticwholetoitspartorpartsorofanyparttotheestheticwholeofwhichitisapart.
—Ifthatisrhythm,saidLynch,letmehearwhatyoucallbeauty;and,pleaseremember,thoughIdideatacakeofcowdungonce,thatIadmireonlybeauty.
Stephenraisedhiscapasifingreeting.
