Man and woman must look at several options in order to
construct or create an honorable form of natural art compounded with synthetic
influence and superficial affect.
There are four major areas one can explore daily to aid in creating who
they want to be and these are the religious sense, the social sense, and the scientific/educational
sense. Each sense on its own remains
unchallenged and useless but when interchangeably addressed, the results can be
exceptionally enlightening. To improve
the overall artistic manifestation existent between mind and body, a person must be aware of these sense
structures of personal discovery (which
from now on I will refer to as ' arenas '.)
Keep in mind that these are just separate avenues to reach the self,
alternatives to the traditional rituals practised over centuries that still
find isolation amongst its limitations.
The first arena where development of the self may be analyzed under a creative artistic
paradigm, is the religious arena. It
does not center itself around God, sins, and miracles exclusively. But rather, it includes keeping the
communication between our Creator and self open to spiritual enrichment a
sermon might lack. Words spoken by
someone else about something that happened in the bible can be uplifting but an
individuals imagination of what the message means to them, is representative of
the true artist within. As infants we
experienced [perhaps not knowingly
aware of] birth followed by baptism or
circumcision, depending upon whether you were born into a Christian or Hebrew
religion. These are natural and
societal markers of one beginning to exist which involve rituals of celebration
usually centering around other congregationalists or family members witnessing
the entrance into this world as male and female. Blessed in the holy name of the Creator, this new little person
is to face existence, remarkably, all by themself because that is how the
artist makes his creations. Or is it
? Is another responsible for the
insight to his/her creations ? Do the
rituals as practised give rise to the Creator granting us with special gifts ?
The infant makes preliminary notations regarding the
accuracy of his or her remembrance of the connection (by sensing feeling) to
their Creator provided through this organized religious faction they have
entered into by baptism, confession, or communion. It is the first poetry or prose this individual creates only it
is not able to be written down yet because infants do not learn to write
legibly until well into their fourth year of life. In the meantime, the thoughts serve as mind-food for the
continued development of the individuals spiritual perspective. Mind-food, again, is the nourishment to the
collective consciousness that sits dormant in the egoic self but is rampant
within the cognitive constructs of the un-evolved self. As the infant grows and learns about faith
under the doctrines of the particular religious organization he or she attends, it is possible by curiosity and
'uncomfortability' to venture past what is said within the holy building. In becoming human our original
entity/identity had to sacrifice remembering its true spiritual grounding and
use religion as a road back to replace an unorganizeable personal communication
and connection with their Creator.
In comparison to an artist who does not limit him or herself
to given parameters and explores depth through personal acceptance or denial of
something, so does the infant. One
becomes nurtured, not singlehandedly at the inclusion of God in his/her life
but moreso, because of the strength in faith he/she has that growth through
re-discovery will prevail benevolently despite malevolent indoctrination. He or she now can turn to peers, parental figures,
and other authoritarians present in their continuum of self-development because
this religious arena has somehow left some gaps that need filling from
elsewhere. The artist also looks to
other works of art created by other artists with their own interpretations, and
does a personal comparison. It is
knowledge that is to suffice as mortar for the clay in the social arena where religion is practised in mass, comes
from interaction with other life forms also reaching for something to define
who they are. i.e. humans. Our
self-development will be scrutinized, validated, even uncontrollably altered by
the ones closest in our circle surround us.
Nevertheless, the religious arena is helpful in determining one part of
the emerging self which rests on membership into an order of worship where enrichment
occurs in silent prayers, public vigiles and the communication to God through
an arbitrator for the several congregationalists following advice.
The second arena is
the social arena where passion comes alive in the unique and individual relationships
we share with family, friends, associates, and even bosses. These different types of relationships and
how we keep them precious or compartmentalized, are expressions of the artwork
within us. The molding clay from this non-religious yet equally spiritual
foundation is passion, not practice, in believing of ourselves and others around us.
This place of spiritual exploration provides a less restricted means to
feel the power of connection with our Creator through physical connections we
have here on earth with people.
Although the connective forces are different for the entity GOD, the
means of sustaining their strength is in how much dedication and determination
we give to them.
There is no particular house (holy), or sacrificial meal on a particular day of the week, or
even a monetary donation for a ' reserved seat in the heavenly kingdom ' unless
the socialized mass of people agree there is to be one. The social arena must include an inner
sanctum that centers on the heart where pasion and compassion are found in the
appreciation of beauty and peace, or it is difficult to transcend conformity.
Transcending human limitations by experiencing spiritual events without having
to be in a 'house of worship' or in a 'flock of followers' is sometimes ignored
in the molding causing the original form to lack support. But the human artist re-creating her/his
being accepts the premise of both arenas while realizing the difference through
faith. Social and religious interaction
are just part of the developmental process that evolves into the creation of a
whole person.