12.23.2005

Define This

My friend, Stacey, lent me The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan, and in his chapter exploring the desirable beauty of the tulip, he comes up with one of the best definitions of art I've ever read:

"Great art is born when Apollonian form and Dionysian ectasy are held in balance, when our dreams of order and abandon come together."

1 comment:

Trish said...

I love that! Especially the 'order-abandon' part.

Merry Christmas, Don.

TD