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This whimsical elephant was outside the entrance
to the American Visionary
Arts Museum in Federal
Hill. What is visionary art? This definition was taken from the museum's
online FAQ:
What is visionary art?
Like love, you know it when you see it. But here's the longer definition,
straight out of our Mission Statement: "Visionary art as defined
for the purposes of the American Visionary Art Museum refers to art produced
by self-taught individuals, usually without formal training, whose works
arise from an innate personal vision that revels foremost in the creative
act itself." In short, visionary art begins by listening to the inner
voices of the soul, and often may not even be thought of as 'art' by its
creator.
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