The Art in Our Lives

After spending a great deal of time and some money buying knickknacks and traveler's kitsch, I decided to largely stop and instead just buy local art. You can probably think of some explicit reasons why this may be a good thing: 1. Supports local artist. 2. Supports the arts. 3.Unique "souvenir".

Some may not think there is much room for art in RLSs. Few would argue that life essentials (food, water, shelter, security) should not be prioritized, but life moves dynamically and asynchronously. Picasso's quote after seeing the ~17,000 year old cave paintings of Lascaux, "We have invented nothing", is instructive, i.e. art is universal and ancient, and it can allow us a moment of higher reflection in the midst of the mundane and even tragic.

Photo: Painting by Sudanese artist, Abusharia Ahmed, currently residing in Kampala, Uganda.