Understanding is Overrated with Steven Seidenberg | The Private Lounge
What happens when you stop trying to force "meaning" onto art and just allow yourself to experience it?
In this candid, thought-provoking conversation, poet, philosopher, photographer, and author Steven Seidenberg joins Carmen in The Private Lounge. Together, they strip away the intimidation of "high art" to explore why being confused by a piece of work can actually be its greatest gift.
From finding hidden human stories in abandoned, decaying architecture to the rhythmic "isness" of poetry, Steven and Carmen dive deep into why understanding is overrated—and why leaning into what confuses us…
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