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German philosopher Friedrich Hegel (1770 – 1831) once said: “We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just as little have we any need to be professionals to acquire knowledge of matters of universal interest.” Which is to say, you don’t have to be a poet to know, if a “universal interest” like poetry feels right, touches you, gets to the core of your self. That poetry itself is of global importance, is – of course – an assumption – but a good one: Because poetry can lead to moments of a purified-mind-experience in a world of image overloads, advertising harassments, instant communications and sound pollutions. You could also say, poetry is a gateway to the almost forgotten Zen gardens of our mind. There, the world is laid out like gently arranged rocks with fragments of time and snapshots of emotions. Looking back over 10 years of creative endeavours at Sin Sin Fine Art, such ephemeral stone gardens come to mind. You can see them in the drawer of my head.
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