We have to make our own magic. That does not mean we are alone in this. Far from it. Indeed, the very thing that guides us into the arts in the first place, whether as creators or as audience, is that art helps shatter the persistent illusion of the physical world, that we are discrete entities, separate from what surrounds us.
And it is an illusion. With a little bit of practice, it’s possible to apprehend this truth directly and consistently. It becomes undeniable.
But even if you are not ready for that kind of practice–and it will shake up your world, I promise you–we can get a glimpse of that truth, every time we look at a painting, read a novel, listen to music; we feel within us that deep stirring and know that we have shared &hellip something across space and time.