“A true work of art is the revelation of a new conception of life arising in the artist's soul, which, when expressed, lights up the path along with humanity progresses.”
–Leo Tolstoy
Your man Tolstoy devoted twenty chapters to the question, What is Art? My glib response to Lev is “Art is craft on presentation.” A cloud in the shape of a turtle isn’t art,…
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