君子不器
Let us talk about hysteria, a field of investigation almost without limitations: throughout history there are writers telling us about hysteria, from the miraculous healing at the temple of Asclepios to the treatment of anorexia in a modern hospital; from the witch and her dealings with the devil to the high society lady and her…
If we acknowledge that kitsch is the “normal” art of our time, we have to recognize that is the obligatory starting point of any aesthetic experience. Consider the paradise of kitsch in which most modern children are immersed. In the Disneyland of childhood, aesthetic sensitivity is almost entirely subsumed under the comprehensive category of the…