A Snake's Tail Full of Ants: Art Ecology and Consciousness (Resurgence Book)

There is evidence of a sea-change in Western consciousness, which implies a fundamental rejection of the Arts of Humanism: cut off from society, from nature and the sacred. John Lane both celebrates the power and challenges the defects of this five-hundred-year-old tradition, questioning among other matters the institution of the self-directed professional artist.

Challenging and illuminating, A Snake's Tail Full of Ants looks forward to a time when creative expression is not lofty, professionalised and unapproachable but closely interwoven with the activities of daily life.