Is art for healing?

Too bad I lost the post about the curator of the new Whitney Biennial, who said that art was not for healing: it was something else.

Even if I pretty much wish my art heals you, I also admit I make it for other reasons. I am in a personal quest for several ideas (Virtues? Beauty? Truth? The shape of space?), and interested in the way we make images.

As a former engineer, I’ve learned and worked on internet, Fourier transforms and other maths, digital coding, pixels, perspective, but they didn’t teach us what makes an image meaningful, or beautiful, or informational. That’s why I’m always looking closely at progress in AI: language will work, just like a good photo makes a good portrait, but there might be “art” missing. Certainly the input of the human operator will make it amazing, just like good photographers are shining through their camera.

And as much as I recognize that art helps me a lot, just as writing on a daily basis develops mind and personality, it’s not what heals me. However, the relaxation, the meditative state, the prayer of the heart (all things I’m looking for when painting) are among the best things I found in life. But I could do it without painting! What do you think? How do you practice art or enjoy it?

Anyways I hope a bit of videos from the making will relax you!

Have a nice month of May 🌿🕊️