Monday, June 26, 2023

Troll for Thrall

 

Auguste Rodin said of the first time he saw clay, "I felt I was going up to heaven . . . I understood everything at once . . . I was in thrall." When he talked about his work, he described his deepest aspiration as revealing "the hidden meaning of all things."  - Laura Carroll, Your Life Quest

Rodin saw art as "one of the paths to a deep knowledge of reality" and sought to bring his sculptures to life, to reveal "expressive truth." In how he described his purpose he saw the question: Where is the truth in the "matter"? 

Explore a freewrite to troll for "thrall."  Uncover a hidden meaning.

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