post scriptum

I must admit that my thinking about art and the role of the artist has been heavily influenced by the life and work of Samuel Beckett.

My art itself also has no particular message, unlike the majority of contemporary artists who, out of self-love, treat art with uncommon seriousness and anointing. I do not understand art in these terms; on the contrary, I belittle its meaning and role. I am inclined to think that artistic creation is needed above all by the artist himself, and not by the masses of recipients.

I see the position and situation of the artist in the world as an outsider - someone who does not want to adapt to the current, barbaric realities of life and therefore creates an asylum for himself in the world of art. For me, the artist is, in a sense, an escapee from life - someone who withdraws and does not participate in the "orgy" of this world, refuses to participate in all the "blooming, buzzing confusion" (William James). He becomes like a monk who prays and works in the silence of his cell (which can also be the artist's skull). But in the mystical view he does not ultimately do this only for himself, he does it also, and perhaps above all, for others. In a sense, the artist can be like Noah and his work can become an ark of salvation, for the artist himself and his audience. But above all, He must become greater, I must become less. (John 3:30)

                                                                                                                                                                                           
A source of inspiration:  The Benedict Option                                                                                                                 Collection 1965 - 2