"Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality."--Shunryu Suzuki
If you understand what Zen Master Suzuki is saying, then you will understand why Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas is considered a masterpiece.
Great art, perhaps more than anything else, can awaken a human soul from its slumbers.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
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