The Thoughts Of Freud And Winterson's Influence Of Art

According to Freud, most of us have unconscious desires and attitudes which we bury deep within ourselves. Our conscious mind is only the tip of the iceberg, while the unconscious mind is the part that lies below the surface which contains our hidden fears and desires. Most of us are blinded and ignorant of our true intentions because they are shoved down to the unconscious where it is hard to retrieve them back. Therefore, Winterson is accurate to point out that our unconscious attitude towards art is complex.

Since our unconscious holds all the memories and past experiences that have been repressed through trauma, it plays an important role in how we react towards art or even in everyday life. The unconscious forms our beliefs, our habits,

Our unconscious attitude is complex because it has more than one layers and those layers are connected in one way or other. She points out that our conscious reactions, our conscious attitudes, are different than our unconscious reactions and attitudes. Our conscious mind has a filter which blocks out our pure thoughts only allowing the “sane” ones to pass through that abide the social norms and the social contract. Our conscious attitude is simple. We see something or we read something, and we are able to critique it and let others knows if we enjoyed it or not and if we would recommend the art to someone else. There is no gray area. Our opinion is either black or white. The reason for that is because we are only able to think from one perspective, the perspective that the conscious mind has been building since the day we were born. Most of the feelings we possess are buried deep within the unconscious. Therefore, when provoked, the unconscious brings out many complex attitudes towards one piece of art. Part of the art might hurt you, part of it might encourage you, while part of it might amuse you. Whatever it may be, the unconscious attitude towards any piece of art will be complex for this reason. The unconscious has all of our feelings, emotions, fears, motives, and desires that have been repressed, and it all comes pouring out when the conscious mind is reminded of them through a medium like a piece of