Moving Artfully Through Crisis and Chaos

While the arts can’t stop the COVID-19 virus or the social unrest we see in the world today, they can provide clarity and give us insight into the choices we make when moving through the tensions of crisis and chaos. The arts invite everyone to think in new ways.

“Art is a wound turned into light.” ~ Georges Braque (1882-1963) French painter and sculptor

We often experience works of art as something that’s pleasing to our senses without a full understanding of the creative effort. Great art often shows us contradictions and crises, and we can learn a great deal from their resolutions. Through our understanding of art, we can gain a deeper understanding of how we might surmount our own challenges. In understanding extremes of contrast, we can see the beauty in art with themes that are not simply pleasing for their magnificent features or qualities.

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