Luca, this is such a beautiful and deep post. The crucial and troubling question I take away from it is, can art be the starting point? Can we, by refocusing on art, pull ourselves out of the current slide into ugly and demeaning thoughtlessness? Or does your point that "survival, thriving, and the artistic creation are inseparable" mean that without a threat (real and present, not distant and imagined) to our survival we won't be able to rebuild healthy societies?
Marco, perhaps ten years ago I would have thought that art could be a starting point and that we could introduce societal change by a collective effort of attention to what is beautiful ... Not anymore.
Luca, this is such a beautiful and deep post. The crucial and troubling question I take away from it is, can art be the starting point? Can we, by refocusing on art, pull ourselves out of the current slide into ugly and demeaning thoughtlessness? Or does your point that "survival, thriving, and the artistic creation are inseparable" mean that without a threat (real and present, not distant and imagined) to our survival we won't be able to rebuild healthy societies?
Marco, perhaps ten years ago I would have thought that art could be a starting point and that we could introduce societal change by a collective effort of attention to what is beautiful ... Not anymore.