Thursday, May 23, 2013

ART AS SELF-EXPRESSION



 
Art is a releasing from within!

---The release that is spoken of in the quote we read is the release of the energy within. The more that the release goes toward love…the more it is a true expression of the self. The more honest the expression is…the more it is a true expression of the self.

---Every expression is this. The more loving, the more a true expression. Also, the more self-conscious, fear-based and hateful the response…the response is then negative.

---We are able to see this in the sexual response. The ideal is two loving beings ‘’getting’’ together to increase the love that exists. Sex with love is positive and life-affirming. Sex without love is negative and NOT life-affirming.

---An expression of honesty and love from within is positive and life affirming, but an expression of the self based on anything beside love is lacking. One can tell something is missing. To those that can really see this are the beings that I feel can understand what a piece of art is ‘’saying’’ as a representation of the expression of he who made it.


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The above painting was done by a resident of Laguna Honda Hospital.