Thank you, Pablo, for this heartening post. I couldn't agree more about the creation of sanctuaries, and that "our main task is to snatch away the wielding of wonder as superstition and fear. You can’t make someone reason out their way out of religious fanaticism, but perhaps we can use art to turn submissive fears into autonomous imagination and the ability to visualize the possible." This reminds of me of the ways the Romantic Naturalists, Dadaists, and Surrealists aimed, in times of existential crisis, to "re-enchant the world." Now is the time for the undoing of undue dualisms, such as that between observer and observed ("self" and "other"), and the envisioning of alternative socio-ecological imaginaries. https://www.alycesantoro.com/writing/an-intricate-ensemble
Thank you Pablo. You’re right We have to do something, the way Michelle Obama said. So many artists went through wars and dictatorships, and they kept on working, in the trenches.
Thank you, Pablo, for this heartening post. I couldn't agree more about the creation of sanctuaries, and that "our main task is to snatch away the wielding of wonder as superstition and fear. You can’t make someone reason out their way out of religious fanaticism, but perhaps we can use art to turn submissive fears into autonomous imagination and the ability to visualize the possible." This reminds of me of the ways the Romantic Naturalists, Dadaists, and Surrealists aimed, in times of existential crisis, to "re-enchant the world." Now is the time for the undoing of undue dualisms, such as that between observer and observed ("self" and "other"), and the envisioning of alternative socio-ecological imaginaries. https://www.alycesantoro.com/writing/an-intricate-ensemble
The best thing I’ve read on this depressing day, thank you.
thank you.
Thank you Pablo. You’re right We have to do something, the way Michelle Obama said. So many artists went through wars and dictatorships, and they kept on working, in the trenches.
Sad very sad times. We are into this together.
I adore you, Pablo. Plus D + E. Your brains and heart are a balm and call during these times.
- An Old Studio Assistant.