The implied contrast between the sixteenth-century media technology of paint and panel — a technology of “stillness” — and our own twenty-first century media technology of computer and screen — a technology of busyness — is sharp. The much-applauded interactivity of today’s media is an illusion, a trick and a trap. In pushing us to assume a... See more

To see what’s really there in an enchanted world, you need to see beyond or through the surface. You need to discover what’s hidden, what’s concealed, by the merely material form, and that requires something more than sensory perception. It requires extrasensory perception. In this framing, the contemplative gaze is not just unlocking what lies... See more