The Function of Art/1.Diego had never seen the sea. His father, Santiago Kovadloff, took him to discover it.They went south.The ocean lay beyond high sand dunes, waiting.When the child and his father finally reached the dunes after much walking, the ocean exploded before their eyes.And so immense was the sea and its sparkle that the child was struck dumb by the beauty of it.And when he finally managed to speak, trembling, stuttering, he asked his father:“Help me to see!”Eduardo Galeano, The Book of Embraces, page 17.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
The Book of Embraces Helps
"What is art?" is a question impossible to answer. Eduardo Galeano avoided the question and wrote instead about the function of art. My favorite Galeano function is the first one in his Book of Embraces.
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