
The Integrity of Art
Let us take a moment to address integrity in our performance and how this seemingly paradoxical idea can be obtained. Art, by definition is deceit. Evolutionarily, the human capacity for art developed as part of the capacity for deception. It is the ability to imagine and create that which is not there. For instance, painting a picture that is at times similar to reality, but essentially different, creates that which was not. On the surface, the performing arts are also in es