Abstract:

Art forms meaning in the distinction of symbols, which makes the origin of the first symbol which has no subsequent distinction become a theoretical problem. The two existing interpretations of this are “from being to being” of unconscious theory and “from no-being to being” of ontology. According to the former, the first symbol in art is “unconsciousness transformed from consciousness”, which implies rational power discipline. Due to the dichotomy of no-being and being, the latter also fails to eradicate the relevant position and its overall essence. The vacuous-potential theory transcends the above two interpretations and puts forward the idea of “from vacuity to being”, which allows the subject to make himself vacuous in the field, and reveals the singularity existing in the repetitive form through the differences in the potential movement. This process includes the specter of differences and realizes objectivity in its event-based way of thinking. The seemingly singular first symbol in art is therefore a vacuous-potential symbol, which changes from reality to vacuity in the posture of potential repetition, overcomes the rational power discipline and overall habit, and provides the starting point of vacuous-potential poetics.

Key words: vacuous-potential poetics, artistic language, occurrence, singularity, iterability