Art, embodiment, and internal necessity

by William Collen.

The following article was written by William Collen, the man and the mind behind the publication RUINS.

RUINS is William’s blog/newsletter that explores art and aesthetics — specifically, the ways in which artists get their point across through the choices they make in their art. His guiding principle is “here are the remains of the works of past ages; what can we learn from them in our current cultural moment?” My point of view is essentially that of the writer of the Saxon poem “Ruins” (from which his blog takes its name).

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This article originally appeared on the RUINS here. I’m sharing it with The BoldBrush Letter because William has explored a timely topic, especially with the current questions swirling around AI.

Editor’s Note: In two days, this post will be locked and is available only to paid members because we don’t want this duplicate content on the open web in a way that might draw traffic away from William’s original post. If you are not a BoldBrush paid subscriber, you can still read the entire post here.

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