Great art changes society by entering collective consciousness and rewiring how people see and behave.
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Great art changes society by entering collective consciousness and rewiring how people see and behave.
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Great artists such as Homer and Shakespeare are driven by a messianic mission to transform the world, not finally by money, power, or fame.
Jiang's theory of Vermeer is that great artistic vision dissolves ego and body until the artist becomes the moment and the painting expresses the soul.
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"...about language, art, culture, and civilization. The first major principle is great art. Dante, Homer, Vermeer, Shakespeare. It lifts the soul of civilization and..."
"rewires the brain to make the civilization see the world in a new way, which causes people to behave differently, OK? So we discussed..."
"Right? And it turned out that because of the free market and open corporate competition Shakespeare proved to be the best. Okay? And the..."
"They were driven by a divine messianic mission to transform the world. Does that make sense guys? This is really important to understand. Great..."
"the depth guys this was painted about 1650 I have no idea how he did this no one has any idea how he did..."
"...that later on, okay? But I struggle to think about what great art the Americans have produced, even though they are the most wealthy,..."
"...the time, a lot of this money is going into patronizing great art. And as you can see, Spanish art, it's very Catholic. So,..."
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English becomes empire because Shakespeare turns language into infrastructure.
The Dutch Golden Age begins with a poisoned Spanish windfall and ends with Vermeer exposing cracks in the respectable household.
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