Thursday, October 4, 2007

Philosophy recovers itself...

John Dewey wrote that "Philosophy recovers itself when it ceases to be a device for dealing with the problems of philosophers and becomes a method, cultivated by philosophers for dealing with the problems of men."

What happens when we substitute art and artists for philosophy... Art recovers itself when it ceases to be a device for dealing with the problems of artists and becomes a method, cultivated by artists, for dealing with the problems of people.

Are we at a point, culturally, where this idea resonates?

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