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a sense of life being art itself

Spanish translation: una percepción de la vida como el arte mismo/ (enseñó) a percibir la vida como si la vida misma fuera arte

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English term or phrase:	a sense of life being art itself
Spanish translation:	una percepción de la vida como el arte mismo/ (enseñó) a percibir la vida como si la vida misma fuera arte
Entered by:	Sandra Cifuentes Dowling

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15:21 Mar 9, 2009

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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Essay about an art exhibit

English term or phrase: a sense of life being art itself

This is the title of the essay (Life Being Art Itself) and it also appears in one of the paragraphs. In this part of the essay about a painter (Y), they talk about how he was influenced by a famous sculptor (X).

Y said about X, "to this this I admire him because he was sophisticated, educated... X not only taught sculpture, but he taught a sense of life being art itself. Y's life-long admiration for X is noticeable in his paintings.

Gracias.

teju KudoZ activity Questions: 603 (none open) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 3379
Local time: 16:49

una percepción de la vida como el arte mismo

Explanation:
O una versión más libre:

...enseñó a percibir la vida como si la vida misma fuera arte.

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Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
Chile
Local time: 20:49

Grading comment

Muchas gracias por tus ideas Sandra.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

la vida como arte

kathryn davies

conceptuar la idea de que la vida deviene en arte

Carlos Brizuela

3 +1

una percepción de la vida como el arte mismo

Sandra Cifuentes Dowling

un sentido vital que encarna al arte mismo

Natalia Pedrosa

"X me transmitió su sentido de que la vida es la misma arte"

Deborah Lockett

una actitud ante la vida cual si (ésta) fuese auténtico arte

Abaz

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

2 mins confidence:

un sentido vital que encarna al arte mismo

Explanation:
Una opción. Saludos.

Natalia Pedrosa
Local time: 00:49
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

la vida como arte

Explanation:
una otra opción :)

kathryn davies
Local time: 00:49
Native speaker of: English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Me gustó mucho tu respuesta también, la puedo usar para el título. Gracias.

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

una percepción de la vida como el arte mismo

Explanation:
O una versión más libre:

...enseñó a percibir la vida como si la vida misma fuera arte.

Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
Chile
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Muchas gracias por tus ideas Sandra.

2 hrs confidence:

una actitud ante la vida cual si (ésta) fuese auténtico arte

Explanation:
Una interpretación algo libre...

Abaz
Spain
Local time: 00:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 32

5 hrs confidence:

"X me transmitió su sentido de que la vida es la misma arte"

Explanation:
resulta más fácil personalizarlo, hablar en términos de "X" y "yo"...

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 23:49
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 108

21 hrs confidence:

conceptuar la idea de que la vida deviene en arte

Explanation:
...enseñó a conceptuar la idea de que la vida deviene en arte...
...enseñó la noción de que la vida deviene en arte...

Marginalmente válido sería:
...enseñó a conceptuar la idea de que el arte es como la vida misma...

El titulo cursaría: La vida misma hecha arte

Carlos Brizuela
Spain
Local time: 00:49
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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Mar 10, 2009 - Changes made by Sandra Cifuentes Dowling:
Edited KOG entry	teju's old entry - "a sense of life being art itself" => "a percibir la vida como si fuera arte "

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