G.K. Chesterton on the Magic of Constraints: Why Every Masterpiece Needs a Frame
The way to love anything is to realise that it might be lost. G.K. Chesterton
The most important thing in an artwork is the frame. Without the frame, it looks incomplete and undefined. However, if you have the right frame for it, it acquires some completeness — almost by magic. The frame allows the inherent beauty of a thing to come out.
If you take a few dry leaves and put them in an appropriate frame, you will get a herbarium. …
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