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Aug 18, 2024
"Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings"
—Agnes Martin
Mary King's journey into art was indirect. At Bryn Mawr, she majored in medieval, religious philosophy and also studied dance with Martha Graham. In art, she discovered a vehicle for giving form to her deepest inquiries. "I'm interested in the question," she says. "If you get the question right, then that leads to the next experience, which may lead to another question." It was like a spiral, more than a circle. And making art was a physical process, too, bringing it into the body - both an inner and outer dance. Just shy of turning 90, King reflects upon her life of deep engagement.
Give yourself permission to follow that impulse - to rearrange something, to paint your door, to put that item in the flower bed, to hang that little weaving - to have a dinner party with a special twist ... actually, the list is endless. Start today with something simple.