sanctuary

 

art needs to be received by face to face encounters
maker and receiver

'we should remember that we cannot perceive our 3 dimensionality or what is alive about ourselves, and we cannot see our own faces.  we continually require the affirmation of others to testify that we are forms occupying space'

'what the practice of art in general might be for is the carrying forward of a practice of ethical encounters between persons.  art offers a sanctuary for such future encounters'

Susan Stewart