Field and Stream
The picturesque castle, in the forest. We first think of the sublime, comparing to its past, when it was alive, blossoming, like an ecosystem. But it is also beautiful in the context of the forest, which is reclaiming it into the ecosystem. This shows how we are always in anContinue Reading
Non-living Matter Lives, too
Watching time lapse photography of plants climbing trees, it becomes perfectly plausible that even non-living matter forms qualiadelic relationships: mountains rise and fall; water evaporates upward and flows downward; non-organic molecules form bonds with one-another. Just because we humans are smart enough to figure out the causes of these effectsContinue Reading
Aesthetic Motivation
The worst picture can appeal to our senses and imagination by arousing their activity, setting them free, and leaving them to themselves; the best work of art also appeals to our senses, but in a higher language which, of course, we must understand; it enchains the feelings and imagination; itContinue Reading