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Of course there are other possibilities to overcome
some modalities temporarily (to distract one-self,

“doing something else for a change”, practice a hobby,
sports, travelling, etc.) And the actor need not even
be aware of a deeper meaning of all of these activities
away from everyday routine.

As a visual artist I am convinced of the following:
A work of visual arts is the product of the artist‘s
attempt to liberate himself from being coerced and

trapped by the modalities of human existence by
working creatively.

Examples of liberation:

• Lib eration from space : A landsc ap e painter
compresses the space of his motif, the volumes of the
objects in front of him, into layers of colour on the
image carrier (paper, canvas) which are often merely

a few micrometres thin. This creates entirely new
relations between the elements of his composition.
For instance, the blue sky (which is the “element”
closest to him, meaning the air column rising directly in

front of his eyes), becomes an unstructured blue spot
which the painter lets border on a finely differentiated
representation of a tree ‒ this pleases the painter and
creates an experience of “flow” for him.

• The painter can liberate himself from the position

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