Abstract
Intangible qualities can be expressed or communicated only indirectly, in and through tangible qualities. I have found it helpful to speak of this indirection as the process of “mediation.” This essay explores the notion of mediation in relation to aesthetic creation and appreciation, on the one hand, and a Christian understanding of incarnation, on the other. While the experience of mediation is, in fact, quite common in a wide variety of human activities, the actual pattern or dynamic of this phenomenon generally goes unnoticed and unappreciated.
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