Teaching Gallery ~ The Role of the Artist

Wrapping up this round of posts on the arts with a few more, beginning with these short video clips in which six teachers share their perspectives on the role of art and the artist in society. Teachings of this type have deeply informed my mindful journey back into the world of form and have helped me to glimpse the larger human story embedded in all works of art and creation.

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"I have great hope now for art produced by the interaction of human beings and computers."	"The artist is the social conscience of a society."	"Society has to be able to observe itself … and what allows a society to do that are the producers of art and culture"
"But there is a vaster, much vaster intelligence in every human being that is non-conceptual, not words and concepts. You can't analyze it but everybody has that within, potentially, and I believe that is the source of creativity.."	"A real piece of art is a window into the transcendent."	"The purpose of art is to take the senses on a journey back to the source of perception, which is pure awareness."

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