![]() ![]() Admittedly her freedom of spirit had bordered on the reckless at times, but it seemed to serve her creativity extremely well. ![]() Her intense dedication and her freedom from materialism were truly admirable. Moorhead emphasises that ‘whereas art had trumped her ties with her parents and brothers, there was no possibility that it could do the same where her children concerned… They were the centre of her world, and to the end of her life they were absolutely her priority.’ In the end her art in and for itself was all that mattered to her, after her children. She had no interest at all in fame, money, recognition or even comfort. ![]() Moorhead’s biography of Leonora Carrington flagged up some extremely valuable qualities she manifested, one of which won’t be my focus here but seemed worth emphasising right from the start. (Ludwig Tuman in Mirror of the Divine – page 81) How is it possible for a person who simply sets words to paper, who plucks a string or dabs colour on a canvas, to play… a remarkable role in the spiritual life of man? The key lies in the fact that art has a direct and real effect on the human soul. ![]()
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