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As an artist, I aim to present my creation, not in isolation, but as part of an interconnected divine fabric. In sharing my vision / personal experience, I fix it forever in imposing a permanent, artificial structure on transient chaos from which it arose. My work should arouse feelings and maximize my audience’s emotional commitment. I offer my creation to others, serving as their intermediary. Its birth can be traced to my isolation, suffering, ego suppression, then awakening , connecting -- sometimes by analogizing -- and above all, my empathizing. I hope that, in it, most perceive some of the harmony, vibrant mystery / grace that I have beheld. (Note: Some artistic creations are more narrowly focused! Many are born when passive looking ends and active observing begins. To some, all creative thinkers are artists!)

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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #12: The Artistic Worldview

Art  (from online encyclopedia)
Artist (from online encyclopedia)
National Endowment for the Arts
On the Essence of Art and the Creative Duty of the Artist
Art History Links
Creative Ideas (essay about the inspiration and aftermath in artistic creation -- with focus on writing)
Creativity  (from online encyclopedia)
Narcissus and Goldmund, by Hermann Hesse (classic 1930 book w/ much insight into art, read at Google Books)
Ideas -- Artist's Manifesto: Theory & Practice 
Global Advanced Trait Description: Artistic
Aesthetics (the philosophy of art from an online encyclopedia)
Arts Edge--the National Arts and Education Network (from the Kennedy Center)
Artcyclopedia (the guide to great art on the internet)
Art and Spirituality, by Veronica Brady
Further Reflections on Art, Beauty and the Spirit, by Bob Gagdad
A Manifesto of Visionary Art
Isms: Understanding Art, by Stephen Little (book & book reviews)
Creative Spirituality: The Way of the Artist    (book & book review)
Witness to the Fire -- Creativity and the Veil of Addiction, by Linda Schierse Leonard
Being an Artist  (article by Alain Briot, from Aesthetics and Photography)
Arts & Artists Resource Center
Art and Physics
Seen / UnSeen: Art, Science and Intuition from Leonardo to the Hubble Telescope, by M. Kemp (2006 book)
Art and Modern Art: reflections of being human
quote about what a great artist can do from Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein 
quotes related to art
quotes related to creativity

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