An Inuit artist carving ivory ____

a. is producing a craft and not art
b. mostly works for commissions
c. is involved in a total act of will, which transforms the ivory into whatever he wants to create
d. sees his activity as a liberation of whatever form is already in a piece of ivory
e. believes that this piece of art will be a perfect sacrifice to the ancestors


ANSWER:
d

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