Trash, trends and the transcendent | Rupert Sheldrake, Olivia Fane, Minna Salami & Joanna Kavenna

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Published on March 10, 2022 4:40:55 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBa2enOoHDM

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​@RupertSheldrakePhD , Olivia Fane, Minna Salami & Joanna Kavenna discuss whether culture has lost sight of the sublime?

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From Rembrandt to Rothko, Mozart to Wagner, art and music have the capacity to give us a feeling of the sublime and transcendent wonder. Yet in contemporary culture the sublime is rare and for the most part not even desired. Few would claim that watching the WAP video or Takashi Murakami's art are gateways to the sublime.

What really is the sublime and where can we find it in the 21st century?

#TheSublime #TrendCulture #RupertSheldrake

Thought-provoking author Olivia Fane, journalist and social critic Minna Salami, radical biologist Rupert Sheldrake and award-winning novelist Joanna Kavenna interrogate our awe at what lies beyond, and how it does - and doesn't - manifest today. Mark Salter hosts.

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