Art as a place of revelation of the being

Abstract

Modern humanity is immersed in a constant state of existential anguish, stemming from the frustrated yearning to conquer its being. This process is experienced through a dual affliction: the panic induced by the threat of failure and the pain caused by the traumatic rupture of wholeness that accompanies the awakening to existence. Anguish thus becomes the principle of will, as it is through this condition that the individual perceives themselves as a subject striving to navigate a world from which they feel exiled. This article, through an exposition of María Zambrano’s thought, explores the genealogical roots of this existential pathos that has become constitutive of modern humanity. Furthermore, it proposes art —conceived as the union of concept and feeling, with particular emphasis on poetry— as a creative-revelatory center where being can be rediscovered. In this sense, art emerges as a space for the unveiling of truth, where poetry and philosophy are reconciled.