From the Back Cover:
There is a newly-discovered version of the legend of Pandora’s Box. In this third version, insanity, despair, and hatred had overrun the world and Pandora, driven by a sense of hope, opened the box by unlocking it with a key. Out from the box rose up all the glories of humanity and they spread throughout the world with undiminished splendor. Pandora discovered that the glories had never disappeared, but it was humankind that had lost the key to identifying the magnificence that lay before them.
This collection of essays will give you the key that unlocks the transformative power of art. You will discover how art is great tool to protect your sense of identity, how it inspires a non-cynical, romantic view of life, and how it gives you a sense of living in a benevolent universe where your dreams are possible.
You will gain insights into:
• How great art fortifies you with independence, confidence, and certainty in the good,the noble, and the best within you.
• Why the plague of postmodernism has been promoted by dark forces and how it was accomplished.
•What makes great art great: art tools that artists need to take their art to the highest levels.
Michael Newberry is an avant-garde figurative artist entering his sixth decade as a full-time painter. He is also an educator and the author of Evolution Through Art.
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I only came up with the idea for the book, a few days ago. I was thinking of moving all my art essays to substack when with the same effort I could publish the book. It will be 360+ pages about 62 of them.The manuscript is with the copy editor now. The cover, above, is done. After the manuscript comes back there will me some proofing and then ready to launch.
Michael, Idyllwild, January 15, 2022
