The Lack of Moral Imagination In Art

The flight of modern art from “ideological traps” and “propaganda” ended up throwing the art out during the flight.

Traditionally, great art is sacred art, and popular art is a less refined version of sacred art, but these do not need to be ideological or theological traps, or dim-witted didactic art.

Russell Kirk, remembering Edmund Burke, pointed out that what we need is “moral imagination” in art. This is a key concept.

It is not the religious foundation of great art that makes it dull, it is the lack of moral imagination. And subtle art uses a scalpel rather than a hammer.