art and realization
insightful words from inspired minds
“— Art,” said Stephen, “is the human disposition of sensible or intelligible matter for an esthetic end. The esthetic emotion (I use the general term) is therefore static. The mind is arrested and raised above desire and loathing." — James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
"Myth and music are both machines or instruments for the obliteration of time” — Levi-Strauss
“Art is life’s metaphysical exercise.” — Freidrich Nietzche
"The way of art will guide one to the way of opening," - Joseph Campbell
"To be creative is not merely to produce poems, or statues, or children; it is to be in that state in which truth can come into being." — Krishnamurti
“Our tradition teaches us that sound is God — Nada Brahma. That is, musical sound and the musical experience are steps to the realization of the self...The highest aim of our music is to reveal the essence of the universe that reflects, and the ragas are among the means by which this essence can be apprehended." — Ravi Shankar
“We can think of Serra’s work, and that of other experientialist artists, as providing opporutnitieis for first-person phenomenological investigation….what I am calling experientialist art is art that finds its home in this self-reflective moment.” — Alva Noe, Experience and Experiment in Art
“The accent in Indian art is not upon the welter of images before one’s eyes, but on the background of an unseen power (Brahman) or void (sunyata), over which they dance”
— Joseph Campbell.
“Art is a way of seeing, and what we see in art helps to define what we mean by the word ‘reality.” — Jamake Highwater
“The object becomes aestethetically significant when it becomes metaphysically significiant. That is, it is an order of something that speaks past itself — carries the radiance of the transcendent into the field of time. This is what its all about. This is why art is a sacred thing." — Joseph Campbell
“Great art is a doorway to the divine.” — Deepak Chopra
“By identifying with the intricately rendered world within a mandala and the primal source at its center, we can enlarge our experience of the universe in which we dwell. Art, in this context — both its creation and its contemplation — is a vehicle for discovering our full potential, the divinity within us.”" — Robert Thurman
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." — Aristotle
“We cannot express the light in nature because we have not the sun. We can only express the light we have in ourselves.” — Arthur Doev, American painter
"I’d like to point out to people divinity in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.” — John Coltrane
“Spiritual and artistic levels are the same, there's no difference. “— John McLaughlin
"John Coltrane is still probably one of the greatest musicians of this century. His tone truly puts demons on a leash. His gift is directly from the mind of God and is very powerful. ..... The first time I heard a Love Supreme, it was really an assault. It could've been from mars as far as i was concerned, or another galaxy.” — Carlos Santana
"Myth and music are both machines or instruments for the obliteration of time” — Levi-Strauss
“Art is life’s metaphysical exercise.” — Freidrich Nietzche
"The way of art will guide one to the way of opening," - Joseph Campbell
"To be creative is not merely to produce poems, or statues, or children; it is to be in that state in which truth can come into being." — Krishnamurti
“Our tradition teaches us that sound is God — Nada Brahma. That is, musical sound and the musical experience are steps to the realization of the self...The highest aim of our music is to reveal the essence of the universe that reflects, and the ragas are among the means by which this essence can be apprehended." — Ravi Shankar
“We can think of Serra’s work, and that of other experientialist artists, as providing opporutnitieis for first-person phenomenological investigation….what I am calling experientialist art is art that finds its home in this self-reflective moment.” — Alva Noe, Experience and Experiment in Art
“The accent in Indian art is not upon the welter of images before one’s eyes, but on the background of an unseen power (Brahman) or void (sunyata), over which they dance”
— Joseph Campbell.
“Art is a way of seeing, and what we see in art helps to define what we mean by the word ‘reality.” — Jamake Highwater
“The object becomes aestethetically significant when it becomes metaphysically significiant. That is, it is an order of something that speaks past itself — carries the radiance of the transcendent into the field of time. This is what its all about. This is why art is a sacred thing." — Joseph Campbell
“Great art is a doorway to the divine.” — Deepak Chopra
“By identifying with the intricately rendered world within a mandala and the primal source at its center, we can enlarge our experience of the universe in which we dwell. Art, in this context — both its creation and its contemplation — is a vehicle for discovering our full potential, the divinity within us.”" — Robert Thurman
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." — Aristotle
“We cannot express the light in nature because we have not the sun. We can only express the light we have in ourselves.” — Arthur Doev, American painter
"I’d like to point out to people divinity in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.” — John Coltrane
“Spiritual and artistic levels are the same, there's no difference. “— John McLaughlin
"John Coltrane is still probably one of the greatest musicians of this century. His tone truly puts demons on a leash. His gift is directly from the mind of God and is very powerful. ..... The first time I heard a Love Supreme, it was really an assault. It could've been from mars as far as i was concerned, or another galaxy.” — Carlos Santana
