Zebra & Letters To an Young Artist
By: Anna Deavere Smith & Chaim Potok
Chaim Potok
He wrote the book "Zebra"
Anna Deavere Smith
She wrote the book "Letters to an Young Artist"
Claim
A person does need empathy to create good art.
Counterclaim
It may be possible that a person does not need empathy to create good art.
Empathy
If you have empathy you are able to relate to people and your creations.
"It means that you can control them long enough to watch, listen, and you feel." (Paragraph Pg 124)
When an artist has empathy there are likely to be more inspired.
"Empathy required a very highly imagination". ( Paragraph 5 Pg 124)
Why we need empathy?
This shows that it is starting that you can control long enough to feel for others.
This proves that you need to feel to have empathy for great art.
This shows artists are likely to relate to other people.
This proves that empathy creates great art and inspire artist
Acknowledging the Counterclaim
That a person who is an artist an creates art dosen't need empathy to create good art.
Why?
If an person does art they dosen't need empathy as an skill to create good art.
Conclusion
That all people don't need empathy to do great art. If you are an artist you don't need great art you can be inspired to create good art.