In this conversation, Ruth and I look at the importance of connection – between friends, rivals, lovers, work colleagues, family, community – with the environment around us. We look at the following paintings, supported by Mark Van Doren’s poem the Rivals. Here are some questions to stimulate conversation. Or add your own questions or comments….
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Our Internal Selves and the External World: An Arting Conversation
Here is a short 10 minute conversation Ruth and I had about the complexity of our internal lives, and how the external world influences it and pushes at it. The conversation was stimulated by a comparison between the Falling Man by Max Beckmann with Street Scene with Garbageman by Karl Vinzenz Tratt, complemented by part…
Duality as Part of the Human Condition: An Arting Conversation
In this conversation, Ruth and Shari look at duality and how it shapes what it means to be human. We used Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell as the poem that ties it all together, a reminder that songs bring poetry and depth into our every day lives. Its a really interesting array of art….