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Key Takeaways:

  • The author defines art subjectively as any image, book, or song that maintains its appeal and offers new insights over time, regardless of formal artistic knowledge.
  • He possesses a deep, lifelong passion for aviation, which he expresses through a treasured personal collection of aviation-themed art and photographs displayed in his home and office.
  • This collection includes diverse pieces, from sentimental drawings of his first plane and works by professional photographers to paintings by artists like John Sanchez, yet he concludes that the actual experience of flight surpasses any image.
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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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