What's the Purpose of Art?

[Diana]

I'd like to ask people here what the use of art, of any form of art, is in their opinion.
We could also include what art is. How can we tell true art from non-art? Of course I know that everything is perfectly fine from a non-dualistic point of view but I'd love to know more from the everyday point of view, as this is the central topic of my last books whose English version is waiting to be proofread some time - if ever - by I don't know whom.
No advertisement of my works intended, just a bit of a personal context given to explain my questions.

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I agree with anicolai that: "art is almost like wordless language...it can convey emotions and concepts without words, and it is received uniquely by each person who experiences it." In addition, doing anything creative opens up a channel to the spirit and taps into, I think, intelligent infinity, as it is (or can be) a type of meditation. In purely physical terms, it fires up the right brain and develops neuropathways that have been restricted by modern-day left-brain learning. When one is doing any sort of art, one gets in "the groove," which really is another way of saying that one gets into a meditative state where one channels information.

There are many small privately owned galleries in Phoenix, AZ. And the city has an event during certain months called First Friday. The first Friday of each month the galleries are open to the public and buses run between them. It's a great experience seeing all the art in these galleries—art that is uncensored as it is in for-profit bigger galleries. It's heartening, and fun, to see all the creativity and expression.

I do understand your distinction between art and non-art. I wouldn't call it that though. I call it art, and self-expression. The difference is the level of commitment, the purpose behind its creation, and the artist's ability to envision and convey that which others cannot. Anyone can express themselves through art of any kind, and I feel it is very important to do so. But there are those who are born with a unique gift in certain creative areas which puts them in a slightly different light—that is, sharing their unique talents and open channel with the world. Those who have this channel open, of being able to envision something others cannot, the skill to do it which usually involves a lot of dedication, and the innate understanding that their gift is something to be shared with the world, are the virtuosos. I do think one can be forced, as some children are, to play the piano (for example) from a young age and become technically proficient and even reach the level of concert soloist. But here I make a distinction as well, because technical proficiency is not alone enough. And talent isn't enough either, one must have both talent and technical proficiency to reach great heights.

Ra: I am Ra. . . . You may, at this time, note that as with any entities, each Wanderer has its unique abilities, biases, and specialties so that from each portion of each density represented among the Wanderers comes an array of pre-incarnative talents which then may be expressed upon this plane which you now experience so that each Wanderer, in offering itself before incarnation, has some special service to offer in addition to the doubling effect of planetary love and light and the basic function of serving as beacon or shepherd.


Thus there are those of fifth density whose abilities to express wisdom are great. There are fourth- and sixth-density Wanderers whose ability to serve as, shall we say, passive radiators or broadcasters of love and love/light are immense. There are many others whose talents brought into this density are quite varied.

Though wanderers here may already be functioning as a beacon of planetary love and light, those of Ra also point out the importance of individual expression.

After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well.—Albert Einstein