A painting is a symbol for the universe. Inside it, each piece relates to the other. Each piece is only answerable to the rest of that little world. So, probably in the total universe, there is that kind of total harmony, but we get only little tastes of it.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that art mirrors the interconnectedness of the universe, with each element influencing the others in harmony.
Corita Kent's quote reflects the idea that a painting serves as a microcosm of the universe, where every element is interdependent and contributes to a larger harmony. Just as each brushstroke in a painting relates to the whole, so too do the components of the universe interact to create a cohesive existence. While we may only experience fragments of this harmony in our lives, art offers a glimpse into the profound connections that exist within the universe.
In practice
In a discussion about the meaning of art in society.
In this speedy world of ours when facts are multiplying rapidly and giant rearrangements are happening all around us, it seems dangerous to be made nervous by the new - to want what we can never have, to want things not to be rearranged. It would be better to be able to take the leap, which is to be able not only to live with change and newness, but even to help make it.
It is a huge danger to pretend that awful things do not happen. But you need enough hope to keep going. I am trying to make hope. Flowers grow out of darkness.
If after I read a poem the world looks like that poem for 24 hours or so I'm sure it's a good one—and the same goes for paintings.
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
One has to draw upon one's own musical thoughts and one's own musical acumen, and not to be afraid to let that come into one's work. Perhaps that comes with more experience, but perhaps it also comes with daring, and believing that you should.
It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.
The number of people writing poems is vast, and their reasons for doing so are many, that much can be surmised from the stacks of submissions.
I made myself into a poet because it was the first thing I really loved. It was an act of will.
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