Lewis distinguishes between egoistic/morbid castle-building and normal castle-building. I believe that this difference plays out in art.
C.S. Lewis mentioned four types of castle-building: morbid, normal, egoistic, and disinterested; but we will only be touching on three of the four types. Morbid castle-building is composed of whenever a man is to construct an entertaining imaginary dream in which they are the ruler of their world in which ever ways they please. They understand that this is not reality, yet go back to this waking dream for comfort and pleasure. He becomes unable to have true happiness in the real world because of his focus on his fantasy world. I believe that this type of person would paint from a certain perspective, and certain scenes that would portray their views as a morbid castle-builder. I assume that they would create a work of art from their own perspectives from their fantasy. And seeing that the castle-builder is almost obsessed with their personal world, the morbid man would probably make something from his own personal fantasy world come out in his art. Normal castle-building is when a man creates a fantasy that is entertaining and like morbid castle builders, except they only wander there in moderated amounts. Basically, the normal castle-builder would be a morbid castle-builder without being taken to the extreme. I believe a man who was a normal castle-builder would be more influenced by multiple fantasies for their art work because they are not solely focused on their own personal fantasies. Egoistic castle-builders are always the man on top. The dreamer is the hero and everything is seen through his eyes, and his point of view. This is another perspective in which to create art through. Everyone has their own views and ways of looking at life and the egoistic castle-builder would probably create art from his own ideas and through the way he looks at the world and his fantasies.
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