In her book The Romantic Manifesto (1971) Ayn Rand defined a sense of life as
“…a pre-conceptual equivalent of metaphysics, an emotional, subconsciously integrated appraisal of man and of existence.”
A sculptor creates a work of art that embodies his sense of life, which is summed up by the phrase - This is what life means to me.
Get 4 TAKEAWAYS from this video
1) An understanding of the concept of a sense of life.
2) How to recognise an artist’s sense of life as expressed in his work.
3) An understanding of your own sense of life.
4) An enhanced enjoyment of the art of sculpture, flowing from this new knowledge.

With photographs of sculptures included
There is also a Sense of Life test – for you to see how you respond to certain sculptures.
If you would like the pdf file of the sense of life test, please email me at
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