Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing.
“Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing.”
“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”