Aristotle’s concept of Eudaemonia and my interpretation of the Sublime are virtually interchangeable. Out of millions of moments in life, there are just a few when everything comes together perfectly, leading to an experience of bliss. I find these moments are worthy of immortalization in art.

Moments as Ends in Themselves
Held Forever in Art

The Sublime

The experience of the sublime is to be looked for in art. Art integrates senses, emotions, and thought. The sublime in art elevates our sensory experience, heightens and taps our emotional potential, and furthers our knowledge. The sublime in art can give us a moral to the story, a stance towards living. At its best, the sublime in art inspires awe in our human potential and gives us a path to evolve as a whole being and as a species. -Michael Newberry, Idyllwild, 11/25/2017