I'm always searching. During the interview he speaks often, for example, about the student shootings in Littleton, Colo., earlier this year. While art isn't a solution to such problems, he said that it helps people to better keep their lives in perspective. You need to get away from the desk. He many have been making prints for more than 60 years, but Lasansky continues to look for new and better ways to do things.
Art is magic.
It's an evolution. He's also tempted to tinker with his pieces, always looking to improve them, to find out what they should be. Lasansky has an extensive collection of African and post-Columbian art just off his studio. The stairs from the third-floor apartment come out in this room, and the artist said he spends about an hour each morning looking at the pieces before moving into the studio to work. Looking at the collection last week, he marveled at the way the art of two tribes less than 15 miles away can be so different, and praised the way no two pieces were alike.