
Peducian Man
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Abstract Art and Reproducibility
Abstract art is the creative production of something no-one else could produce. It is a function of an individual's experience - summoned from within them by magic - the result of a shamanic trance. It is the reflection of the vast complexity of a single mind.
Although anyone could copy any image I might produce, they would not choose to paint what I paint, how I paint it. The point is not whether someone else could technically create a work, but whether they would originate it.
A piece of abstract art is not a copy of a visual scene; it is a unique visual novelty, rescued from oblivion by the one person able to do so. It is a glimpse of another universe, revealed to us by the creator of that universe. If the artist does not paint it, it will be lost to the world forever.
This painting can be found in the Blindfolded gallery.
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