Taylor Macina - Class Discussion 4

Class Discussion:  I-You and I-It

In class today we discussed the difference between I-You being the basic word as a world of encounter with you not being an object . I-it was the basic word as the objective world and as a world of experience. We also discussed the idea of the “other” being both object and being. In I-You, “I” represents the human and “You” represents the other; in I-It, “I” represents the human whereas “It” represents the extra-human or not human element. An artist creates an artifact that is then viewed by an audience. How does an artifact take on a life of its own? For example in the movie “Lincoln”, what did the director/author intend? Other actors bring something different to the movie. The intentions and points that both director and actor are trying to get across may not be what the audience grasps.