James G. Assignment 4.2
"[Heidegger] cites the example of the making of a silver chalice to suggest that the matter of the silver, together with "aspect" (chaliceness), "circumscribing bounds" (the purpose for what the vessel is to be used) and the "artist" are co-responsible for bringing the silver chalice into appearance (Bolt 6)."
Bolt cites Heidegger's example to further her larger point that echoes "The Death of the Author" by minimizing a human shaper's ownership and self-impression on a creation. The authorship of the chalice by a silversmith is mitigated by the miner, smelter, and more to her point the rock and earth from whence it came. Matter matters, in her view, and gives the material (in both form and concept) as much relevancy as each human component of its creation.











