Nietzsche discusses the opposition between Dionysian, the god associated with intoxication, and Apollonian, the god of reason and stability. Dionysian is the music pulsing through your veins, while Apollonian is the visual arts. Apollonian makes us believe that the world is a stable environment, but this "is all just a veil of comforting illusion" (88). The only common factor between Dionysian and Apollonian in the principle of art and "the development of art is bound to the duality of the Apollonian and the Dionysian" (111).
The two separate art-worlds are dream and intoxication. In the dream world, each individual is the master artist and has full control and structure. Dreams are experienced with delight and joyful urgency. Apollo always has a solemn and pleased look and gives a calming appearance. Dionysian, or intoxication, can be created through the influence of a narcotic potion or the approach of spring. Barriers between people collapse and everyone experiences freedom. Everyone starts to feel like a god and becomes the art.
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