I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I’m never served a cooked telephone. ― Salvador Dalí

When I activate my sense of humor, curiosity, or absurdity…

I’m more willing to listen to other perspectives.

Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision. ― Salvador Dalí

surrealism: the principles, ideals, or practice of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature, film, or theater by means of unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations —(Merriam-Webster)

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“Surrealism is inherently political. It started as a protest movement and a way to counter fascism and authoritarianism, so that’s why it still can be a very powerful political weapon for today. It will always be relevant. I would say, it’s a future movement.” —Patricia Allmer is an art history professor at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland (from the New York Times article cited above.