Merleau-Ponty's notion of "flesh" in painting

1. Synergy of body and mind in artistic creation

1.1. The senses of vision and touch are inextricably linked- it is as if the painter's eye "touches" the things.

1.2. The spectator feels immersed (as if with his whole body) in the painting he observes

2. Relation painter-world

2.1. The painter does not see the world as an external reality cut off from his/her own existence

2.2. When painting, the painter "merges" with the world's spectacle

2.3. The act of "seeing" is no more a mental act but a whole body experience-the artist "sees" with his whole body

2.4. The painter feels unified with the spectacle he observes because there is a continuity between the "flesh" of his own body and that of the the world

3. Relation spectator-work of art

3.1. The aesthetic experience reveals the continuity between the perceiver and the perceived