Liberating oneself from constraints is a tough task.
Nelson Mandela, who had extensive knowledge on matters of liberty and imprisonment famously said that freedom “is not merely to cast off one’s chains.” There is much more to it.
Unexpectedly, the exhibition “Michelangelo: Last Decades” organised by the British Museum, London has added some deeper layers to the paradox of being free when trapped.
The genius of the Renaissance, Michelangelo, held strong professional opinions.
He believed that sculpture was a supreme art and identified himself as a sculptor. Michelangelo ranked painting inferior and disliked it.
The artist even wrote a poem about the misery of painting: “My painting is dead…I am not in the right place – I am not a painter.”