It is art’s job to take on the biggest questions of existence, so that we feel more solidarity with humanity, and so that we feel more enlightened about eternity.
It is art’s job to deepen what we know about ourselves and to expand what we know about our world.
It is art’s job to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves – otherwise why bother with novels or museums or symphonies at all?
Having said that, there are two huge problems for us.













