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Before presenting the full editorial from Issue 27 of our magazine, we would like to share an excerpt that distills the essence of Abate Bussoni’s reflection. If these words resonate with you, you can read the complete editorial in the free abridged digital edition of the magazine. For readers wishing to delve further, the full printable PDF edition contains expanded, exclusive material not included in the complimentary version.
Excerpt from Abate Bussoni’s editorial, “Art as a Path to Knowledge: On Rilke”
“Every artistic creation—indeed, every act of creation, if we accept that creation itself is an art—springs from an inner necessity, from an authentic impulse to give form to what seeks expression. Creative solitude is a place of encounter with oneself, with the deepest truth one is capable of reaching within. Introspection offers a path towards authenticity: for a moment, vanity falls away, allowing us to approach, almost imperceptibly, that unattainable humility. It is then that we come to understand that genuine art is born of necessity, never of ambition or the desire for recognition.
That elusive moment of creation may take a long time to return—or it may never return at all. Patience, understood as the time of gestation, cannot be summoned by force; it can only be lived as a creative virtue.
In that creative instant, when our gaze penetrates the ordinary with greater depth, we learn to discover the extraordinary within the everyday, within what is familiar and seemingly commonplace.
It is then that the artist assumes the task of revealing reality in its fullest depth, stripping it of all superficiality and of every longing for validation.”
This is only the opening movement of a broader reflection that brings Rilke’s thought into dialogue with the challenges of knowledge in the age of the Internet and artificial intelligence. The complete editorial is available in the free digital edition of ARTNOBEL – Inspiration Review of Contemporary Art, Issue 27. Readers interested in the unabridged text, together with additional essays and exclusive material, will find it in the complete printable PDF edition.
Image courtesy of Máxima Romero. Untitled, 2026. Digital detail.