recent World Health Organization study. The total cost of the disorder in the US is estimated to be. more than $8 billion.4 OCD is a treatable condition with 50% to 60% of patients responding to. first line of treatment, which includes pharmacological and/or psychological intervention.5,6 How-. ever, about one-third of the patients improve only partially, and roughly 20% do not respond to.
A Masterpiece is the work of an artist who has been absorbed by the spirit of his/her times and can transform a personal experience into a universal one. Masterpieces make us forget the artists, and instead direct our attention to the artists works.
So the rules must be continually reborn, and the artist is forever exploring the unknown. Second: the work to be made is unique, and an end in itself. Each time, and for every single work, there is for the artist a new and unique way to strive after the making of his art. Third: because the work is an end in itself, and a unique participation in beauty, reason alone is not enough for the artist.