The Artisan's Wondrous Fate - taken with Canon 500D, 2022. // "The artisan, above all others, has the most curious of fates in this regard. How often does he devote his entire mind and all his passion to creating spaces from which he must exclude himself! The royal halls owe their splendour to him, yet he does not share in their greatest impact. In the temples, he draws a line between himself and the Holy of Holies; he may no longer tread the steps he laid for that heart-lifting solemnity, just as the goldsmith worships the monstrance only from afar, having arranged its metalwork and precious stones. The architect hands over to the rich man, along with the key to the palace, all comfort and ease, without sharing in any of it. Must not art gradually thus distance itself from the artist, if the work, like a well-dressed child, no longer reflects back upon the father?"
[Goethe: Die Wahlverwandtschaften, an addendum from Ottilie's diary]