Has Art become meaningless?

What is Art? Some ask this philosophical question after Duchamp’s famous upturned toilet. The modern art that’s popular today, what gets in the galleries and museums, is often more likely to be conceptual or abstract. But the problem with such art, as Tom Wolfe points out in his essay The Painted Word, is the ambiguity. The Artist’s Statement is … Read more

Buddhism as a Corrective Lens

One thread I have followed in my quest for answers is how we are prone to illusion and falsehoods. But a question arises: how can we be sure of anything if our minds are so inclined to flawed reasoning and illusion? I discovered the answer in the Buddhist approach to life and the mind. The number of … Read more