“Plato maintained that all art is a gift from the gods, channeled through artists who are “out of their mind”-quite literally, in Plato’s view–when making art.” (Art & Fear, Bayles & Orlando)
No argument here.
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Invasion of Inhumanity
Anyone who has had cancer or a family member or friend who has heard that diagnosis at any point in their life knows one thing: you need time to take it in. You don’t process all the information all at … Read the rest
Bearing Witness
The poet, Paul Celan, was described by his biographer John Felstiner, as a poet who wrote brilliantly about destruction, the Holocaust in Celan’s case. He had used poetry, the biographer said, to create “a language for the unsayable.”