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Up to now, we have collectively learned to admire the values of the arts (which can be summed up as a devotion to truth, beauty and goodness) in the special arena of galleries. But their more important application is in the general, daily fabric of our lives – the area that’s currently dominated by an often depleted vision of commerce. It’s a
... See moreAlain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
The discussion explores true creativity: legitimizing personal joys and finding significance independently, rather than outsourcing taste to societal norms.
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So if you say to somebody, I'm going to a gallery and I'm going to look at some pictures and I'm going to go, oh, that's very, you know, it's a noble thing to do. If you say, I'm going to take a flight and on the flight, I'm going to open the window and I'm going to look at the clouds and I'm going to really delight in them and I'm going to
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