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Trees have enchantment and self-clarification to artists.
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way,” wrote William Blake.
In a 1924 lecture about the creative process, German artist Paul Klee has insightfully intersected the canon of sylvan metaphors with the canon of theories of creativity.
"The artist has studied this world of variety and has, we may suppose, unobtrusively found his way...
Klee cautions that It is rather the work of transmutation for which the artist is both the agent and the vessel:
"Nobody would affirm that the tree grows its crown in the image of its root. Between above and below can be no mirrored reflection. It is obvious that different functions exp...
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Beginnings and endings, or what we see as a beginning and an ending, like the coming of a New Year and the going of the “Old” one, unnerve us all. Here is an idea to foster and to share: “What exists is precious not because it will one day be lost but because it has overcome the staggering odds of never having existed at all.” Happy 2022. 🎉
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