This chapter mainly focuses on the different interpretations of art. Susan Sontag raises some creative points.
If we have to look at something and think about what it means, or interpret it, then there really is such thing as the content of a work of art. In this chapter, Nietzsche states that "There are no facts, only interpretations." Sontag also brings in the theories of Freud. "Observable phenomena" are considered manifest content and and the true meaning behind the manifest content is the latent content. Almost every event in history is given meaning with interpretation. Wars, dedications, ceremonies, etc. all have a significant meaning behind them and a reason why they happened. It is up to all the creative, brilliant thinkers in the world to interpret and decipher these meanings.
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