The Coming Thing

This article about a new school of painting very much reminded me of the time Raimund Stecker revealed a lot about his view on art. Funny btw that revelation like Raimund's are mostly uttered in the least probable circumstances, like here in a car while driving to a restaurant in Münster, where we wanted to celebrate the final meeting of the semester.

For years Raimund's assumption that there was something like "authentic" art kept me busy figuring out how to do it. No surprise that in the end it was an actor, mainly a stage-actor, Michael Pennington, who finally provided the answer to my quest. For his art really depends on the moment, this tiny, teeny-weeny speck of almost nothing. I suppose one can be well prepared, but then it just is as soon done as over again.