http://www.peacebang.com/2005/06/29/the-importance-of-art-discuss/ The manic mind of the minister -- Auntie Mame Meets Cotton Mather Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:24:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.peacebang.com/2005/06/29/the-importance-of-art-discuss/#comment-618 Jessica Alexander Tue, 05 Jul 2005 19:13:10 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2005/06/29/the-importance-of-art-discuss/#comment-618 What an intriguing assignment. One truly wonderful thing about art is that it lets a person see, momentarily, through someone else's eyes. Looking at VanGogh's self-portrait and Gaugin's portrait of VanGogh, would you know that both paintings were of the same man? Some things are so hard to put into words. Art can answer, perhaps more eloquently than is possible with words for many, "How do you see the world?" What an intriguing assignment. One truly wonderful thing about art is that it lets a person see, momentarily, through someone else’s eyes. Looking at VanGogh’s self-portrait and Gaugin’s portrait of VanGogh, would you know that both paintings were of the same man? Some things are so hard to put into words. Art can answer, perhaps more eloquently than is possible with words for many, “How do you see the world?”

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