Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Art Heals: Gazing


We are looking at the world, and each other, through windows, computer screens, 6-foot distances. We are hungry for the oxytocin rush that comes from a hug or through looking into another’s eyes unencumbered by the distortions of distance or virtual reality. Let’s compensate through the magical touch of the artist, those with skill of hand, and the indescribable genius that turns canvas, paper and pigment into the gaze of the Girl With the Pearl Earring.
As I take my inspiration from today’s artists, here is Doris Bittar offering us a glimpse of Manet’s lovely woman, not encumbered but enhanced by her arabesque screen. Classical art, Islamic design, a gaze into the world. Art Heals.


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