This admission of art's potential as a utilitarian device, as a mode of transmission, obliquely engages the art object in a dimensional conversation, not only with communication itself, but also with setting, scenario, and the location of the discussion in time, space, and relative space (place).

It is precisely the universal that unhinges art from itself, and situates art beyond the visual phenomenon into the realm of vision, which has spiritual connotations. Drawing an imaginary line between “contemporary art” and ancient pictographs is not possible without one's acknowledgement of art's peculiar constitution.

Art serves people, and the nature of its service is unique. For humankind, especially the artist, art can engender a reciprocal orientation to service. Hence, the consciousness of the gift attaches to our various notions of what art is, isn't, should and/or shouldn't be.

Art's morality is both a component of art, an architectural layer in its structural design, if you will, as well as a fundamental aspect