The excluding the role of the artists in society is to show the world as it is and to find appropriate ways to better represent such a picture of a creative approach for the rest of people. The aesthetic touch, in this case, is vital. There are many points in which people differ from each other. Artists are those who are capable to feel and shape the world through the light of their understanding of the world. According to the theory of borders, assumed by Gloria Anzaldua, it is hard for a person who is successful in perceiving the world, life, people, and nature to find the border to overcome the obstacles of the realities (Klages 62). In other words, it is hard for the artists to transform their language and minimize the conceptual base of it so that to make it understood for the vast majority of the society.
James Joyce in his book A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man lively demonstrates a feeling of personal supremacy, which a young artist Stephen Dedalus experiences at the beginning of his career. Thus, the protagonist outlines in one episode a wrong flow of people living in the society which conform to the public opinion: If they took a fools advice they would confine their attention to
religion (Joyce 26). Moreover, this example of an artist is not surprising for the epoch, when the Modernist approach emerged greatly, and the art-centered theme was raised in the literature (Ryf, p. 9).
A discreet nature of art symbolizes away, which presupposes an adherence of people toward examples of masterpieces. It is a result of peoples imagination. Visual arts are thought to be more impressive for people sharing them. A piece of misunderstanding provides a kind of torture for an artist due to the points of alienation. Those prejudices and a sort of haughtiness provide in an artist a kind of inner rage. Rage appears as a result of irrelevance between people and an artist.
A soul of an artist is incorporated in his works. No one knows whether it was a product of the authors inner tortures or just a slight passion. The artist and every significant and distinctive representative of art is a man, who incorporates thousands of other men due to a wider outlook on the realities. This becomes a result of their tortures. An artist becomes an outsider in society because of his/her sensitiveness and ability to express in detail what is common for people but not possibly seen directly at the moment.