Art

Art is the view we get looking through a keyhole. We are voyeurs of another time and place, eavesdropping on other people’s lives. But what we see is only a miniscule part of the whole picture. What we hear is only a fragment of the entire conversation. Art gives us a mystery to solve. The clues are all there for the enthusiastic detective to discover – in the art piece itself, the genre it reflects, the life of the artist, and the historical period in which they are located. As we investigate, we find that the plot thickens, and though we may develop hunches and hypotheses, the mystery remains forever unsolvable. And so it should be.

— Wayne Visser

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