The artist Paul Reynard was once asked, “What is the place of art in contemporary life?” His response: “The question could well be formulated as, ‘What is the place of love in contemporary life?’” I’ve always been captivated by that statement—it says so much about the essence of art and its deeper purpose. Reynard’s writings…
“[The artist’s] antennae pick up messages before anybody else, so he is always thought of as being way ahead of his time because he lives in the present. There are very many reasons why most people prefer to live in the age just behind them. It’s safer. To live right on the shooting line, right…
I’ve always been fascinated by how adults learn in life. Even before earning my Ph.D. in Adult Learning from the University of Chicago, I spent years working in Artificial Intelligence, studying how experts learned so I could program computers to do the same. But no matter where my research has taken me, I’ve always returned…
One of the most rewarding aspects of having a blog is the opportunity to connect with people from all over the world—individuals I’d never have the chance to meet otherwise. Last year, I shared a quote from the late artist Paul Reynard, and just a couple of weeks ago, I received a lovely email from…
Everyone wants to understand art. But why not approach it like the song of a bird? Picasso once said, “Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around one, without trying to understand? But in the case of a painting, people have to understand. If only they would realize above all that an artist works because…
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