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Full Idea
The emotion expressed is one of whose nature the person feeling it is no longer conscious. As unexpressed, he feels it in a helpless and oppressed way; as expressed, the oppression has vanished. His mind is somehow lightened and eased.
Gist of Idea
The emotion expressed is non-conscious, but feels oppressive until expression relieves it
Source
R.G. Collingwood (The Principles of Art [1938], p.110), quoted by Gary Kemp - Croce and Collingwood 1
Book Ref
'Key Thinkers in Aesthetics', ed/tr. Giovannelli,Alessandro [Continuum 2012], p.103
A Reaction
It sounds like the regular smoking of cigarettes. This is Collingwood answer the doubts I felt about Idea 20419. I would have thought the desire of Picasso was to create another painting, but not to express yet another new oppressive feeling.
| 20421 | Art exists ideally, purely as experiences in the mind of the perceiver [Collingwood, by Kemp] |
| 20406 | Art clarifies the artist's mind and feelings, thus leading to self-knowledge [Collingwood, by Davies,S] |
| 20420 | The emotion expressed is non-conscious, but feels oppressive until expression relieves it [Collingwood] |