SOAR: THE SEARCH FOR MEANING — Moving well beyond the day to day realities that are the substance of most of our thinking, many contemporary artists are creating artistic experiences that allow us to extend ourselves into a transcendent realm, one that acknowledges the human need for meaning. Beauty, wonder, joy…these are ideas that we are almost embarrassed to talk about in this age of irony and cynicism. Yet, the inexplicable and unexplainable – the impulse to reach for our higher selves can still be a transformative experience. It is also, in this time of conflict and strife, something for which many of us yearn and to which artists can respond.