PERCEPTION BEHIND ARTS

-"A window to the imperceptible world deftly expressed by the artist"

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see”

: Edgar Degas (known for his pastel drawings and oil paintings).

ART: Masterpiece of One’s mind reflection:

The Secret behind the Masterpiece?

Every piece of work represents our intelligence, thoughts, and subjective content but what is the vehicle to demonstrate our emotions when words/objects fail to produce.? It is The Art that reveals our expressions, personal feelings, thoughts, and much more. It is a replication or representation of sharing the way we experience the world.

The real artist behind the mystic universe :

Bhagavad gita : 9.10

mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ

sūyate sa-carācaram

hetunānena kaunteya

jagad viparivartate

Translation:

This material nature, which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, producing all moving and nonmoving beings. Under its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.”

A work of art evokes our intelligence to question things that a non-art object such as a wall does not: eg when we look at art it speaks such as What am I? What am I communicating? The responses, both of the creator artist and of the recipient audience, vary, but they invariably involve a judgment, a response to the invitation to answer. The answer, too, goes towards deciphering that deeper question – the ‘Who am I?’ which goes towards defining humanity.

Just like when we paint one picture, we can see, everyone can see that there is an artist behind the work, but this painting or this working of the actual/real rose flower, is also being worked out by several energies. We cannot think that it has come out automatically. No, Nothing comes out automatically. It is coming out of the energy of the Supreme Lord, but the energies are so subtle, nice, and artistic that all of a sudden we can see a nice flower, so the supreme lord is the greatest artist.

Connecting to the Inwards:

The aim of art in itself is connecting to the divine energy by pulling us towards the inner core of oneself. Each piece of art describes everything that we see and feel in a most beautiful way and it allows us to express ourselves and make others feel and connect to the divine with great happiness by awakening our true selves. It is the way of grasping the world not merely the physical world, which is what science attempts to do, but the whole world, and specifically, the human world, the world of society, and a spiritual experience.

BEYOND LANGUAGE :

Art is where we make meaning beyond language. The words that a pen can’t write were done by graceful brushes. It’s a means of communication where language alone is not sufficient to explain or describe one’s own content. It is a form of expressing our hearts and making others see the real deep emotions. Art plays a central part in creating our culture and is an outpour of thought and ideas from one’s mind. However, art communications are beyond time and language.

Healing brush:

People often look out for regular options to express their deep emotions and their heavy hearts. They seek out peace and happiness through the outside world. The reality is art helps in transforming oneself and bringing out real nature. The process itself is so satisfying that one can experience real emotions and happiness in the journey which connects us to the original nature of the soul. When the wider audiences engage themselves with a greater variety of the world’s artistic traditions, it could give rise to increased tolerance and mutual respect through the process of releasing their hidden feelings by expressing them in the form of art. If one single piece of art can evoke hidden emotions, then it can truly change a human character into a blissful experience that a person has ever gone through.

ART IS A BEAUTY

“All art is but imitation of nature” - Lucius Annaeus Seneca​

Everything that we see and feel around us is the beauty that nature has and behind every beautiful thing, there is an artist behind it.

Beauty is something that makes a person feel positive and grateful. When we look at a beautiful butterfly we cannot take our eyes off it. Similarly, a beautiful painting of the same butterfly makes us feel so positive. Beauty alone is not art but art can be made of, about, or for beautiful things. Like beauty can be found in a rose garden, art is the painting of it hung in a gallery.

Beauty is the capacity to evoke a pleasurable emotional response. Anything beautiful will definitely evoke an emotional response, and so does art, which conveys us to the real emotion of an object.

How is spirituality connected to art?

“Art invites us to an encounter, which is a gift—a spiritual gift that might bring us into a deeper relationship with God.”

— Brother Lee Colombino, S.J.

When we think about art and spirituality, our first thought might be to think only of explicit religious images. But, art need not be defined as a religious aspect rather it is a great source of expressing oneself and one's emotions and helps us in understanding our relationship with God. Art is a spiritual gift, however, we should also be open to finding an experience of God in works of art. These works will provide us with needed insight into our spiritual lives. It might be a painting, sculpture, etc.

By engaging works of art, we can experience a sense of comfort and peace, as well as feelings of unease and being challenged. Spirituality reigns supreme in art. Known as the driving force of art, spirituality is art's expressive vehicle as well as a special voice. The human history of arts has never been devoid of spiritual content; artists studied the relationship between art and the spirit for decades.