Episode 216 – Artworks Are People Too

Weird Studies by Phil Ford and J. F. Martel

Jul 22, 202694:00Arts

"Now and then, a mysterious life and potency will flicker out of an artwork and confront you." So began "Artworks Are People Too," a talk Phil presented at the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute earlier this summer....

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