I love these encounters in and with the arts, when they are pure. And, of course, an art that is evoking this subtle, yet all pervading, undeniable presence of something greater.

As a curator and art scientist, I have been asked the question „What does the artist want to tell?“ more times than I can remember. I wonder sometimes – does it say more about an art to which people hardly can relate (anymore) or does it say more about us and that we have forgotten to open up to our own answers and to be touched by our inner self or maybe both?

I was amazed when I was talking with this young girl who was visiting Anthony McCall’s exhibition at Pioneer Works in New York with her family. She didn’t hesitate for a moment as the words came out of her mouth clearly, without a single 'hm', 'well'. So fresh, so eloquent, and so aware. Yes, you don’t have to travel far! A split second can offer us a complete shift in perception. Art can be such a birthplace of new realities, so it can be a piece of music or a poem – really any creation or form of expression that embodies and allows a present encounter. 

OM MANI PADME HUM – can you see it written? This is one of the highest Mantras in Tibetan Buddhism about compassion. And even if you are not familiar with it or do not immediately recognize it – the frequency it carries is in some way palpable in the room, whether you believe in energy or not. What a gesture of light, silence and poetry these works radiate! “Everything is Energy and that's all there is to it.” – Albert Einstein