Konner Johnson - Van der Leeuw on Art: Word

Van der Leeuw is a Dutch theologian who writes a lot about how art is a form of worship. He speaks about five types of art specifically and how they are a means of worship for praising God. I will be writing a blog on each of the five types with this being the third type.

In this section of the paper Van der Leeuw speaks about "Word" in terms of poetry and the reading of words as a form of art. He says that "The beauty of words does not reside in their meaning, but in their rhythm, ini they're meter." I believe this is true. The ways that words are arranged and ordered so that they flow has way more impact on the reader than the words that are being said. Words spoken need to have a rhythm to them so as not to bore the reader. He also said that a poet "does not use the jargon which we commonly call "everyday language." Her does not speak in "concepts" our abstranciotns." All 9f those are ways of stunting the language of poets." The poet speaks words that are true that hit the nail on the head so to speak. I think the ability for words to be put together and have a rhythm allows the listener to understand something on a deeper level that the definitions of those words would not be able to portray.