Friday, July 16, 2010

The Gallery: Searching for Bricks for The Art of Loving

Trip to Home Depot to find the perfect bricks for Jorge Méndez Blake's "The Art of Loving," which includes Erich Fromm's The Art of Loving and 10 red bricks.


Edition one by Jorge Méndez Blake ("The Art of Loving" is an edition of 10).


The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm. The Art of Loving was Fromm's most popular book, an international bestseller in 1956. It recapitulated the theoretical principles of human nature found in his other book Escape from Freedom & Man for Himself. "Fromm considered love to be an interpersonal creative capacity rather than an emotion, and he distinguished this creative capacity from what he considered to be various forms of narcissistic neuroses and sado-masochistic tendencies that are commonly held out as proof of "true love." Indeed, Fromm viewed the experience of "falling in love" as evidence of one's failure to understand the true nature of love, which he believed always had the common elements of care, responsibility, respect, and knowledge. "



First try (no good because of ridges in bricks)



Used bricks at Home Depot



New Bricks at Home Depot



New bricks actually cost less than used bricks



Perfect.