“In art, mastery doesn't simply mean control. It means achieving a form that feels necessary and alive, as though its formal and conceptual order couldn't be otherwise. […] “A religious belief system that accommodates efficiency and productivity, or that prioritizes clarity, certainty, and performance, or that promises quick results, is mirroring the culture's priorities. […] “A substantive experience with art leaves behind a residue, leading us to ask: What was that presence, that sense of something uncontrollable? Indeed, art awakens fleeting moments in which the world feels responsive rather than mute. […] “Apophatic theology further radicalizes the receptivity needed to engage meaningfully with serious art by shifting such an attitude from the aesthetic to the existential dimension. It names a way of relating to reality in which surrender of control becomes the condition for a deeper, though always indirect, form of encounter.” — Arthur Aghajanian