For thousands of years, works of art were meant to encourage the reading of poetry, evoke imaginative responses, inspire creativity and spark profound conversation. This not only makes the image feel more alive and vital, but enhances your experience of its power and presence in your home or work place, providing fresh perceptions, ideas and inspiration. 

But what about today? When we want to write and speak about art, it can be difficult to find words to match the images. Writing can take the form of  historical fact,  analytical critique and the tone of the connoisseur. And often when in front of a work of art, talking takes the place of pausing and seeing. While all have their relevance, some such approaches leave the art seeming distant, pushing away its own language in our overtones of critique or analysis.  We do not want to lose the theory or facts, but make space for our responses and insights. Creating a different rhetoric and re-establishing the broken links between word and image,  allows us to tell the story of the art itself, to listen to its own language, honour its intrinsic qualities and place those greater insights into personal, historical, cultural and contemporary relevance.