“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.”
—James Baldwin
Tara Skurtutwitter.com“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” —James Baldwin
“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.”
The Role of an Artist & The Role of a Lover
As the Harvard psychologist Robert Kegan has observed, what the eye sees more deeply the heart tends to love more tenderly.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
Seeing someone well is a powerfully creative act. No one can fully appreciate their own beauty and strengths unless those things are mirrored back to them in the mind of another.