In its earlier styles, art was generally meant to represent nature. But modern art, and abstract art, in particular, has often professed to embody its operations. Thus Jackson Pollock’s celebrated affirmation: “I am nature!” Today, technological developments range from digital imaging to actual cloning of organisms. Our sense of both reality and its representation is
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Yes, you may embrace your happiness while others suffer. This took me a long time to figure out. The reasoning goes like this: We believe that we are rude when we do not mirror other people’s emotions of suffering. Let’s say somebody shares with us how uncomfortable they felt when a coworker said something racist,
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