Are Prices the Judge of Value of Art?
We live in different times; we love different in time. The love for money nay the love for greed is extensive and whole economic systems tumble. We desire what we do not need, and what we need we do not desire anymore. Walk with me the little distance in time. William Blake the poet and artist lived the intensities of his visions in both forms of art. His life lived in grinding poverty did not impinge on his rich inner life. He held himself above the mundane task of money and wealth and lived for the higher glories of the Infinite. In Marriage of Heaven and Hell he says, “A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. Eternity is in love with the productions of time. The busy bee has no time for sorrow. The hours of folly are measur’d by the clock, but of wisdom: no clock can measure. In his etchings, watercolours and paintings you begin a journey that’s to say the least endless. You experience another dimension. His art and
