I found this article to be very interesting if not a little challenging to understand. I think what the author is trying to say is that the reader must separate the author from the writing. By linking the author and the writing together and saying the the writing has been influenced by the authors past and his life would be to immediately identify the work and to stereotype it upon first reading. Barthes insists on separating the two, but personally I do not think they can be completely separated. Most authors write from what they know and are inspired by the things surrounding them so how can a reader not sense this link with the author and his writing. I agree that perhaps we should not completely categorize the writing but leave room for other interpretations and to immediately assume the writing was one things could hinder us from seeing it as something else entirely, and may make the reader miss the writers point entirely. I do not really understand how this applies to my work, because I am looking and drawing inspiration for my art from my life and to view my art I believe is to view part of my life and my identity. I draw inspiration from what surrounds me and that can easily be seen but I do understand in separating myself from my art at least a little because it allows for a broader interpretation and more understanding from different people. If I were to make art that was just about myself and entirely inspired by what only I see then I would be limiting myself as well as other and their understanding of the piece.
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