Pieced Together by Need and Desire
Plato once remarked that “our need will be the real creator.”
When need or desire arises, different communities willingly attach small, simple,
insignificant everyday
objects to one another to generate a new form of creative
work that is more beautiful and more practical than the
mere sum of its parts.
objects to one another to generate a new form of creative
work that is more beautiful and more practical than the
mere sum of its parts.
The Greek philosopher may have recognized that the process for all things creative
begins
from within, from need and desire, to express artistic
instincts or to maximize the utility of things available.
from within, from need and desire, to express artistic
instincts or to maximize the utility of things available.
Cultures may vary on the surface, but they all seem to share some common elements, often universal and essential,
rooted deep in human nature.
rooted deep in human nature.
When need or desire arises, different communities willingly attach small, simple,
insignificant everyday objects to one another to generate a new form of creative work that is more beautiful and more practical than
the mere sum of its parts.
attach small, simple, insignificant everyday objects to one another에는 ‘A를 B에 붙이다’의 의미인 attach A to B가 쓰였다. / that은 주격 관계대명사로 관계대명사절은 a new form of creative work를 수식한다.
The Greek philosopher may have recognized that the process for all things creative begins
from within, from need and desire, to express artistic instincts or to maximize the utility of things available.
may have recognized는 ‘인식했을지도 모른다’의 의미로 과거에 대한 추측을 나타낸다. / the process for all things creative는 that절의 주어이고 begins가 동사이다. / to express와 to maximize는 부사로 쓰인 to부정사로, 등위접속사 or로 연결되었다.