How we, in art, transcend the perils of life is by falling in love with our own characters, our interiors or landscapes, scenes, nudes, tigers, cityscapes, strange abstractions ... your model, your dog, your nation ... and we let that love speak in our work. It's the fundamental philosophy of fine art: to uplift by sharing ourselves with each other and thereby create a civilization based more on love than hatred, one heart to another. "Spill the beans on yourself," as Falkner advised. The viewer can see it in the artwork whether they know it or not, and we respond most fondly to those works that expose the most.