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What is the Sublime

What, in essence, is the sublime? There must surely be some mechanism—visual, auditory, psychological, etc.—capable of bringing forth this sublime that I seek so intensely. This is what Baldine Saint Girons (1945) attempts to demonstrate in her book Le Sublime de...

My SUBLIME TREEHOUSE

(Above, Guido Reni, Hippomenes and Atalanta, Prado, Madrid, Spain.Here an episode of Métamorphoses d’Ovide (Book X, verses 560–707) please Google.) Finding the sublime Warning This text is poorly constructed, somewhat like the treehouse of my childhood. A...

Are We, Artists, Creators of Atmospheres?

Resisting Intermittence Two very important essays structure this post: Atmospheres by the German philosopher Hermann Schmitz (Mimesis 2026), and the second by the French philosopher Yves Michaud, L’art, c’est bien fini: Essai sur l’hyper-esthétique et les atmosphères...

COVID-19 and Your Art

Thanks to everyone for your kind messages during these challenging times for all. Throughout the years more and more we realize that many of our lifelong friendships have been built around our workshops. Yes, we are doing well here in the Ottawa countryside. Life can...

The Stone and the Kiss – Time is You!

Why painting the same chickadee? Confronted with the landscape, the artist needs to surrender to nature in order to truly express on canvas the unique emotions and feelings resulting from this challenge. Here, Zoe letting go in the Val d’Orcia during our...

Self-hypnosis and Art

Achieving extreme lucidity, the secret of art Although still poorly defined, hypnosis is today a banal phenomenon, admitted by unbelievers and recognized by medicine. It stops smoking, increases libido, and even anesthetizes. As reported by Prof. Brian Josephson...