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Key Takeaways:

  • The author defines art personally as any image, book, or song that continuously offers enjoyment and doesn't "wear out its welcome," regardless of formal artistic training or critical acclaim.
  • He expresses a deep, lifelong passion for aviation, decorating his home, office, and digital screens with numerous aviation-themed artworks and photographs, from a drawing of his first plane to professional works.
  • These cherished aviation images, including a significant gifted painting of the space shuttle, provide profound pleasure and inspiration, though the author ultimately concludes that the actual experience of flight surpasses any artistic representation.
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I know nothing about art or photography. Nothing. Can’t tell a Rauschenberg from a Rosenquist; a Diane Arbus from an Airbus. I do, though, have some favorite images that I store in my mind and, when I have the money and the wall space, in my home or office. Of course, most of these images have a connection to aviation.

I subscribe to a very personal definition of art. I feel that any image, book or song that does not wear out its welcome, is art. If I don’t tire of it, if I find new things to see, hear or feel, then it is art to me. No classes in art history, music appreciation or creative writing have ever graced my course list. I am an artistic dunce.

Dick Karl

Dick Karl is a cancer surgeon who appreciates the beauty and science involved in both surgery and flying. Dick’s monthly Gear Up celebrates the human side of flying. He writes about his enthusiasm for both the machines and the people who fly and maintain them.

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