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terms: [ given definition by people]

modern = west material ?
traditional = east spiritual ?

how the idea of traditional or primitive is being adopted or categorized?

dictionary definition of traditional:

traditional :
1.of or pertaining to tradition.
2.handed down by tradition.
3.in accordance with tradition

primitive :
1.being the first or earliest of the kind or in existence, esp. in an early age of the world: primitive forms of life.
2.early in the history of the world or of humankind.
3.characteristic of early ages or of an early state of human development: primitive toolmaking.
4.Anthropology. of or pertaining to a preliterate or tribal people having cultural or physical similarities with their early ancestors: no longer in technical use.
5.unaffected or little affected by civilizing influences; uncivilized; savage: primitive passions.
6.being in its earliest period; early: the primitive phase of the history of a town.
7.old-fashioned: primitive ideas and habits.
8.simple; unsophisticated: a primitive farm implement.
9.crude; unrefined: primitive living conditions.
10.Linguistics.
a.of or pertaining to a form from which a word or other linguistic form is derived; not derivative; original or radical.
b.of or pertaining to a protolanguage.
c.of or pertaining to a linguistic prime.
11.primary, as distinguished from secondary.
12.Biology.
a.rudimentary; primordial.
b.noting species, varieties, etc., only slightly evolved from early antecedent types.
c.of early formation and temporary, as a part that subsequently disappears. –noun
13.someone or something primitive.
14. Fine Arts.
a. an artist of a preliterate culture.
b. a naive or unschooled artist.
c. an artist belonging to the early stage in the development of a style.
d. a work of art by a primitive artist.
15. Mathematics.
a. a geometric or algebraic form or expression from which another is derived.
b. a function of which the derivative is a given function.
16. Linguistics. the form from which a given word or other linguistic form has been derived, by either morphological or historical processes, as take in undertake.

the artist as a translator - subconscious
- not what the artist say as the truth