59. Eurythmy Performance

Now, if we start from the language of man, then in language there flow together, firstly, the phonetic element, produced by a certain part of the human body organization, with the mental element, which in poetry is permeated by the phonetic element; in song less so, but still the human soul also strives for expression through song and music. And just as there is a sensual element here, so it is true that especially in poetry, by having to use language, the more advanced a language is, the more difficult it becomes to create poetic and artistic expressions , simply because the civilized languages gradually approach the conceptual element, also approach the conventional element – they become lingua franca, they serve human social coexistence and so on, and so on. The more language becomes a means of expression for social coexistence, the more it becomes a means of expression for thoughts, the less it is suitable for the revelation of the truly poetic.