Michael Newberry on art and spirituality

"And I think that even more so than religion, art plays a spiritual role in human life. It's a way to get in touch with your deeper self. It's a way to get in touch with how you feel in your relationship to existence and to other people, and to yourself. I think that art has a very profound spiritual significance for humans — and I mean spirituality in the sense of pulling together your thoughts, your emotions, your senses, and your role in the universe. That is the way I look at art, and that is also the way I enjoy art. I want to make contact with other artists' artworks so I can get a sense of my place in the world, so as to feel balanced and to get an equilibrium — and to be inspired."

from an interview with Michael Newberry, 2003