…painting is the grandchild of nature because all perceptible things are born from nature, and painting is born from the nature of things. So, strictly, we shall speak of it as the grandchild of nature and kin to God. ~ Leonardo da Vinci
“It is impossible for light not to get noticed, especially in the dark.” ~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Art possesses the power to illuminate and enlighten. In his own practice, Leonardo da Vinci employed imagination, creativity, and studies in nature, where he intentionally blurred the mundane (from the Latin, mundus or world) with the sublime (from the Latin, sublimis, meaning elevated or spiritual) to reveal truth.
For this polymathic session a practitioner in the dramatic arts will be in conversation with an art historian to examine the legacy of the illuminative power of art to light our way through the challenging and sometimes dark times in which we live.