tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768454020782347610.post4166008860429175426..comments2023-07-28T15:49:42.359-04:00Comments on woof!: art ramblepeephornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17691887883888152221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768454020782347610.post-67473309737556626782010-11-03T22:41:01.858-04:002010-11-03T22:41:01.858-04:00Thank you for writing. I think that underneath it...Thank you for writing. I think that underneath it all, we are still primates struggling with consciousness. It is hard for us to produce art in the same way as it is hard for us to commune with the beloved thing. We haven't mastered how to make ourselves accessible to the creative spirit. We have grown independent, and detached from nature, and now we struggle to make art, just as we struggle to recover a dim memory, of being one with the world. <br /><br />Counterfeits may be as good as "great works of art" without being as valued by society, which seems to have priorities other than edification. Or maybe the absence of the hand of genius can be detected by the naive spirit even when the art collector is fooled. I like your previous conception better, that art is great when it reminds us that we belong to something else, something greater than we can grasp.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667706706102019994noreply@blogger.com