Beta. Hurray! I got it!
Gamma. Hey, Beta, are you OK?
Beta. I'm telling you, I got it!
Gamma. What?
Beta. You thank me first! You and Kappa! No, Kappa first!
Kappa. Thank you, Beta. Now, tell us what happened.
Beta. All right. Kappa, this is for you: a part of an artwork is always equal or greater than the entire work!.. While in the physical world a part is always less than its whole!
Teacher. Well, we saw that a "part" of a cultural phenomenon can be of the same value as its whole... Yes, now, after we talked about it... this becomes quite clear... But how could it be greater?
Beta. It could, when an artwork is not quite perfect. This happens all the time: you watch a movie and it is OK, while some scenes, or characters, or even large fragments of it are perfect. Those "parts" are greater then the entire thing then. That's it, that simple!
Kappa. Wow.
Gamma. How about me? Should I thank you yet?
Beta. Go ahead.
Gamma. Thank you Beta so-so-so much!
Beta. You, Gamma are very-very-very welcome!
Alpha. Come on, people, aren't you tired yet?
Beta. Yea, kind of. OK. It is about "your thing," Gamma... Although, it is still not that clear. I believe that we touching the very nature of cultural phenomena here. It is all about human communication. A book speaks to you, a song speaks to you, the simplest sketch speaks to you. Thus, a part of it speaks to you as much as the entire work, right?
Alpha. This is about "Kappa's thing."
Beta. Right, but this is also the exact reason, why we are not willing to easily substitute one piece of art for another one in our life. We would rather add another one, but not substitute, right?
Gamma. Yea, sounds good. While I tend to agree, it is not that clear yet.
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