***** It is the ghost of ourselves that stands still in the midst of the tumult and watches, detached in eye and detached in body, as the struggles and joys of our fellow passengers float across the protective screen we have blown up around ourselves. ***** Let’s kick off with a quick flash-back. If you … Continue reading VIII Jumping in with both feet and AC/DC
IV The experience of art and Magritte
***** “The work of art has its true being in the fact it becomes an experience that changes the person who experiences it.”1 Hans-Georg Gadamer ***** One hundred and fifty years before Kant wrote his Critique of Judgement, Diego Velázquez painted his portrait of ‘Pope Innocent X’. Ever since, art connoisseurs have revered the work. For example, … Continue reading IV The experience of art and Magritte
Introduction
***** It’s time for a change. It’s time for us to realise what we mean to each other. ***** I want to conjure and draw attention to a thirst that needs to be quenched. There is a positive drought sweeping over us, which threatens to create a bleak, desolate and fearful existence. We are … Continue reading Introduction
