“We have art so that we do not perish from the truth.”
— Nietzsche
The cultivation of beauty is not mere decoration.
It is a form of resistance, a way of affirming life in the face of chaos.
Art and aesthetics are vital to enduring the often unbearable truths of existence.
Beauty becomes a personal and philosophical act of affirmation, strength, and becoming.
“A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.”
— Camus
In that spirit, the creation of beauty, in one’s soul, body, and surroundings, becomes an act of quiet rebellion: a defiant yes to life, even when it offers no answers.
"Art is how we decorate space, music is how we decorate time."
— Jean Michel Basquiat