Diogenes and the Pursuit of Truth

Diogenes and the Pursuit of Truth
A detail from “Diogenes,” 1882, by John William Waterhouse. Oil on Canvas, 82 inches by 53 inches. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Public Domain
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Sometimes, on the rare occasion I get a chance, I sit and ponder what it means to be me. Who am I? 
I try removing all of the qualities and characteristics I perceive about myself to see if I can think of myself as still me without them. Most of the time, I can. I can’t, however, think of myself without my love of art. Something about it informs me about who I might be as a living being on this drifting globe we call Earth. 
Eric Bess
Eric Bess
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Eric Bess, Ph.D., is a fine artist, a writer on art-related topics, and an assistant professor at Fei Tian College in Middletown, New York.
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