Episode 43: Art Teaches Us Intimacy | K.G.I. Podcast

Reason must be reasonable, otherwise it would reason itself out of existence. In this episode I walk through what happens when reason crosses the borders it was meant to defend. The hammer is the right tool for rock — you can carve monuments from stone with it. But faith is a thin piece of glass on which the words of morality are written, and the hammer destroys what it strikes when it strikes the wrong material. The analyst who wants to understand a great book by analyzing it cannot write a great book from the analysis. Beauty cannot be reasoned about without being destroyed. The greatest writers didn't study how great books work — they wrote great books. The art lover doesn't ask why a painting moves him — he stays moved. When you watch a sunset, you don't feel the sunset itself. You feel your position inside your ability to see the sunset with your history behind you. Cynicism is easy. To feel a lot, you need to be courageous. Art teaches us intimacy. Art helps us to practice our love. And when reason crosses into the garden it was meant to defend, it turns every glass figure into a nail and breaks everything beautiful inside.My book Mythos: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX2ZN1TKMy Blog https://kirillkhrestinin.com