http://blog.jamesaldridge-artist.co.uk exploring art and ecology... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://blog.jamesaldridge-artist.co.uk/2008/10/23/comments-please/#comment-26 Elizabeth M.Rimmer Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:46:36 +0000 http://blog.jamesaldridge-artist.co.uk/2008/10/23/comments-please/#comment-26 This is something I'm pretty passionate about. The temptation in awareness-raising is to be judgemental, Puritanical and misanthropic - and then you get real resistance. I find that addressing the question through art helps engage feelings as well as principles, makes you respond in a thoughtful, disciplined and informed, as well as compassionate way, and brings together a respect for the human contribution to the world. We are capable of so much more than mindless greed and vandalism. This is something I’m pretty passionate about. The temptation in awareness-raising is to be judgemental, Puritanical and misanthropic - and then you get real resistance. I find that addressing the question through art helps engage feelings as well as principles, makes you respond in a thoughtful, disciplined and informed, as well as compassionate way, and brings together a respect for the human contribution to the world. We are capable of so much more than mindless greed and vandalism.

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