Performing Arts

Ayn Rand has a great respect for the Performing Arts. She shares my belief that it takes an extremely talented individual to be able to co-create a story and person with his/her own body only. "In an almost literal sense, he has to embody the soul created by the author of the work; a special kind of creativeness is required to bring that soul into full physical reality" (Rand). The performer puts their entire soul into each performance in order to give the audience an unforgettable experience. A great understanding and an open mindedness is needed in order to truly appreciate their work.

In her short Novel Anthem, she portrays the human as being closed minded, and very ignorant to anything but their present. Obviously for her to write a warning against this kind of behavior, she must have had witnessed it in people of her time. This made me suspect that she would highly regard performers, because they need to be open minded in order to capture the character they are creating, and create the magic of another life through their own. In short, I am not surprised about the way Ayn Rand feels about the Performing Arts.