When people meet artists – painters, poets, musicians – whose works they admire, they are often surprised to discover that the person and their behaviour are completely devoid of the beauty found in their creations: they emanate neither light, nor ...
Anybody has the right, of course, to claim to be an artist. But the true artists are those who are capable of creating and maintaining an inner connection with the divine world. Whether they are painters, sculptors, architects, dancers, musicians or ...
From the point of view of Initiatic Science, a true artist is one who longs for the beauty and harmony of creation to flow and be reflected through them. The true work of creation is therefore spiritual work; a spiritual person, by trying to project ...
...ct, especially on ourselves. If we succeed in creating paradise within ourselves through our thoughts, our feelings and our desires, we will be the first to experience it. And then, little by little, all the beings that come to us will begin to...
...terials they can also do on their own psychic matter. All their instincts, desires, feelings and thoughts represent a substance which they have to work on intensely in order to purify and develop it. From one point of view you could say this is...
For most artists, the act of creation is just an instinct; they are impelled to express themselves, it is an inner need, but they do not particularly ask themselves what they, let alone others, gain from it. Often they will expound very earnestly on ...
...things outside of us, but also on the matter within us. All our instincts, all our impulses, our thoughts, feelings and desires represent a substance on which we have work to do. In a sense, it is a work of creation similar to artistic creation...
The heart and mind do not have the same requirements; each must be nourished differently and, therefore, exercised differently. Artists, whose heart and sensitivity are particularly developed, need encouragement, and they suffer when criticized. ...
...h as matter to be sculpted, as canvas to be painted. And their chisels or paintbrushes are their thoughts and feelings.
Beauty is a living reality, whose springs remain hidden in the depths of our being, and when it bursts forth it impregnates ...
How many artists live in anxiety and torment! To keep going, some indulge in drink, drugs, debauchery, and so on. As they are genuinely gifted, this does not prevent them from creating masterpieces from time to time. But it is others who benefit ...
...ther do not yet know harmony.
True art consists, first and foremost, in being an artist in one's thoughts, feelings, gestures, words and expressions. Every day, exhibitions, concerts and ballets are presented before the angels. They are always ...
Anyone can claim to be an artist, of course. The true artist, however, is one who is able to enter inwardly into relationship with the divine world and to maintain this connection. Be they painters, sculptors, architects, dancers, musicians or poets,...
When people meet artists – painters, poets, musicians – whose works they admire, they are often surprised to discover that they as people and their behaviour are completely devoid of the beauty found in their creations: they emanate neither light, ...
Philosophers, writers and artists have a duty to reflect on the effects their works may have on the public, because even if human justice does not hold them accountable, divine justice – which judges according to a different set of criteria – ...
...ic sense of the word, is someone who has been able to establish order and reason in his or her thoughts and introduce peace and love in his or her heart, and as such are able to bring beauty and harmony to everything they produce....
Artists create works of art that are external to themselves using material that is external to themselves; and as it is on this outer material that they concentrate their efforts, even if they produce masterpieces, when we meet these artists, we ...
Ever since artists have lost the habit of connecting inwardly with the divine world, they no longer produce sublime works. Study today's paintings, sculptures, dance, music and poetry – they no longer possess that element of eternity that gives such ...
In granting some people artistic talents, heaven has blessed them with a great treasure thanks to which they can work wonders; but often they are unaware of this and do not fully believe in the power of these gifts.An artist's ideal must be to lead ...
In the past, many artists received teaching from an initiatic school, which revealed to them how to rise to higher realms in order to capture forms, colours and sounds. When their works of art succeeded in conveying what they had received during ...
...lf in matter. A perfect artist is one who has successfully established order and reason in their thoughts, and brought peace and love into their heart, so that everything they do is beautiful and harmonious....
Many artists, whether painters, musicians, poets, novelists or playwrights, have destroyed some of their works in fits of discouragement, even though these may have been of great merit! That is a pity, because in doing so they harmed themselves and ...