A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist.”
Tolstoy puts forth a sentiment Susan Sontag would come to echo decades later in asserting that “art is a form of consciousness,” and frames the essential role of art as a vehicle of communication and empathy:
by Maria Popova
Avi: So Needfinding is a way of locking onto the critical problems because there are so many problems to solve. David: You’re absolutely right. The way to do it is to go out and figure out what humans actually value. Having ’empathy’ for people …
Building Intercultural Empathy for Peacemoreby Edward BrantmeierSee it on Scoop.it, via Empathy and Compassion
She said we’ve gotta empathize with our enemies and we’ve got to endeavor to understand them. We have to endeavor to understand how what we do makes them feel. And we have to endeavor to understand and use empathy in dealing with them, and …
Did you ever have that sensation where you’re watching someone do something—serve a tennis ball, say, or get pricked by a needle—and you can just feel exactly what they must be feeling, as if you were in their shoes? Scientists…
