Then, on a whim, the poetry of the world, ripe with beauty and mystery, blooms in front of us. Everything is simply as it is, lively and talking to us.
"Hegel suggested that the end of art is the concentrated essence of spirit, of the soul that does not need any medium to convey its spirit." How do Hegelian ideas square with art in the two centuries following his death?
"Even at a young age, I had an appetite for fright and an attraction to the unknown. These stories implied a larger existence..., weaving together my family history, cultural identity, and human existence."