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<\/iframe>What constitutes art? Creativity? Intention? Expression? Portrayal? Evocation? Form? Content? Is art an aesthetic quality? If so is this objective? Subjective? Projective? Pablo Picasso said, \u201cArt is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.\u201d Thomas Merton said, \u201cArt enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.\u201d Calvin (of \u201cand Hobbes\u201d fame), said, \u201cAs my artist\u2019s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.\u201d<\/p>\nI don\u2019t know how to define what constitutes art, but I know that my life would be infinitely dreary without creativity and imagination. For far too long, religion has sought to control, critique, and where necessary suppress imagination out of fear, and a thirst for power. I\u2019m thankful that there seems to be a growing understanding that beauty possesses a kind of power that cannot be ignored or controlled, that we have nothing to fear from imagination, and much to fear from its suppression or neglect.<\/p>\nI am supremely uneducated when it comes to fine art. I don\u2019t know art history, and have only a rudimentary understanding of classical art, and then only Western. I know that I miss most of the creativity that surrounds me every day. \u00a0Hans Urs von Balthalthasar once wrote, \u201cWorks of art can die as a result of being looked at by too many dull (geistlos<\/em>) eyes, and even the radiance of holiness can, in a way, become blunted when it encounters nothing but hollow indifference.\u201d My geistlos<\/em> eyes can see only blunted holiness. Maybe that\u2019s why I think this video is so stinking funny to me.<\/p>\nMy favorite line so far? \u201cI have 27 pairs of underpants on today.\u201d<\/p>\nA close second is, \u201cFor that want to keep a box\u2026 at least we can expand their box\u2026 or just add more boxes.\u201d<\/p>\nHappy Friday everyone.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What constitutes art? Creativity? Intention? Expression? Portrayal? Evocation? Form? Content? Is art an aesthetic quality? If so is this objective? Subjective? Projective? 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