“To be an authentic artist is to be born into the world through your own body whatever it is… wearing your own shoes on the way of the wanderer’s struggle to find himself.” – Gella Slabko
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Artists Share What Authenticity Means to Them
Artists Share the Philosophical Questions they are Most Inspired by
“I am always fascinated with how each of us has a subjective view of reality, which is sensed through a biological lens that has evolved over millions of years. The question of, How do we find a sense of objective reality? Also, how much free will do we really have?” – Jason Herr
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Notes from: bell hooks on Art
In honour of the late great bell hooks we present a selection of quotes where she discusses the purpose and value of art in contemporary society. The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is – it’s to imagine what is possible. Outlaw Culture: Resisting Representations, 2012. “Some people act…
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Millennial Man’s Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy Logotherapy is a form of therapeutic intervention centred on the belief that a will to meaning is the most compelling motivation in human beings – an idea formulated by neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl in his book, ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ – based on his experiences in Nazi concentration camps. Throughout his…
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Tapping: A Routine for Stress Relief
Stress is becoming what some dub as the ‘health epidemic of the 21st century’, and there’s no surprise – stress has detrimental effects to our immune systems by reducing its ability to attack antigens and increasing susceptibility to infections. In fact, stress has also been linked to anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and even chronic pain. …
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Oded Reitten | Therapist Interview Series
“Fragility (and strength), like vulnerability, is relative, as the soft sponge will be like a mountain for the ant, and it could be annihilated by the softest touch.”
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Enrica Tifatino | Therapist Interview Series
“Creating, interpreting and listening to music has always been a human need… When we create music, when we listen, when we dance, we are shaping our inner world,”
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Yimin Qiao | Artist Interview Series
“My own time-related work is also made under the effect of the pandemic… It was a personal crisis for me, I started to fight that feeling by drawing a flower a day as a mark of time.”
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Fergal Styles | Artist Interview Series
“I don’t make art as a form of escape – or as entertainment, but rather it is my way of really being in the world.”
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Marine Buffard aka Becoming a Morning Person | Artist Interview Series
“I started these animated diary entries as a way to express my feelings, to put out what was in my head, to say things I have words for it yet. They were meant to be reflexive from the very first line.”
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Willehad Eilers aka Wayne Horse | Artist Interview Series
“I try to keep ethical considerations out of my work. I even try to do the wrong thing at times simply to get the ball rolling…”
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Younsik Woo | Artist Interview Series
“I understood that I am a person who strongly resists a pre-understanding of the world… paintings can always be the clue for this whole process.”
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