ABSTRACT
Wollheim's position is that representation is possible because we are naturally able to see one thing in another: to see the face in the fire, the man in the moon. In the same way we can see expressive qualities or properties in things and this can be built on by the artist, the composer as much as the painter, for, as Peter Kivy says, 'We tend to 'animate' sounds as well as sights', that is, hear them as having expressive qualities such as sadness or joyfulness. From a teaching perspective the most important thing is probably to make clear to students the many different ways in which one thing can be represented, where the 'one thing' can be emotions as well as objects. This can be done using the distinctions between icon, index and symbol and requires that the distinction between expression and representation is clearly made.
