I browse for images for my posts, and sometimes find some beautiful images. Like these.
Sometimes art grabs our eyes, precisely because it dares go where it's "not supposed to."
The forbidden vs. the desired. All themes that have been playing for centuries.
Artists often push the edge. Sometimes that's exactly what society needs, to loosen the grips of something that no longer needs to be gripping us. (Fear, prejudice, shame, censorship, undue seriousness.)
It helps us see beauty in more places.
What do all of these images have in common? Besides artistry.
Intimacy.
The drive for intimacy is strong. Connection with others. We partly don't even understand it, just try to do it gracefully.
Sometimes art grabs our eyes, precisely because it dares go where it's "not supposed to."
The forbidden vs. the desired. All themes that have been playing for centuries.
Artists often push the edge. Sometimes that's exactly what society needs, to loosen the grips of something that no longer needs to be gripping us. (Fear, prejudice, shame, censorship, undue seriousness.)
It helps us see beauty in more places.
What do all of these images have in common? Besides artistry.
Intimacy.
The drive for intimacy is strong. Connection with others. We partly don't even understand it, just try to do it gracefully.
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