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Spinario’s Thorn

What can Antico’s small, bronze sculpture teach us about pain, mindfulness, and the creative process?

A small bronze sculpture of a seated boy pulling a thorn from the bottom of his foot appears set against a bright yellow ovular spotlight shape in the background.
A small bronze sculpture of a seated boy pulling a thorn from the bottom of his foot appears within a display case at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; the figure hunches over looking intently at the bottom of his foot; the sculpture is set against the warm walls and limestone columns of the against gallery in the distance.

Facing Pain

A conversation on focus, mindfulness, and what art can teach us about experiencing pain
By Denise Allen and Jared O’Garro-Moore, PhD Jan 6, 2022
The Novelist Min Jin Lee peruses through an assortment of books atop a red-orange tabletop surface, set against a backdrop of book shelves in a New York Public Library study room.

“Writers are reaching for our thorns; the thorns which define our entire being.”

Novelist Min Jin Lee reflects on Antico’s Spinario in relation to her creative pursuits

Jan 6, 2022

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Detail of a Honus Wagner baseball card, showing his face against an orange background, with a bright yellow ovular spotlight shape behind the figure in the background

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A detail from Thomas Cole's landscape painting "The Oxbow" set against a bright yellow ovular spotlight shape in the background.

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