Art & Philosophy as Perspectives on Life

We All Fall In Love Sometimes

The Canal

A canal can symbolise different kinds of borders. I think it is easy to see what the canal below divides, but you might have different views on the matter.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Les Grandes Baigneuses

August-Pierre Renoir is one of those painters that stands like magnificent examples of that great art is all about. Still, Renoir had doubts about how to best express himself, suggesting to us—the ordinary people—that even the masters don’t see things as clearly as posterity seems to suggest.

William Blake

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun

William Blake is an enigmatic person to me. I have to confess, I initially thought he was foremost a poet, but it turns out he executed some rather mysterious pictures. It is hard to imagine how a life such as his must have been.

Herbert James Draper

The Gates of Dawn

I find this to be a highly intriguing painting. The extremely confident protagonist is actually quite inspiring, a painting—I think—to keep in mind when times are low. Each beginning entails new hope, new horizons, and new possibilities.