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socialuprooting: How Art Evolves Consciousness One of Ken...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:55:38 +0100

How Art Evolves Consciousness

One of Ken Wilber’s chief insights of Integral Philosophy is his model of
Four Quadrants that describe the relationship between inner and outer
worlds, the individual self and the collective. I’ve applied his theory
to gain understanding about how art may help transform or evolve
consciousness.

First, a vision illuminates the artist’s inner world; this corresponds
to the upper left quadrant in Wilber’s model, the subjective conscious
interior of an individual. To use the example of the Net of Being,
this step would be when I first experienced the image on a mystical
ayahuasca journey. Second, the vision or subjective state of the artist
is expressed into an individual aesthetic artifact—such as a painting,
story, or dance. Related to the Net of Being, “outputting the vision”
took several years. Third, the artifact enters the collective systems of
aesthetic reception, the gallery, museums, newspapers, magazines, and
websites—like when the painting was reproduced by TOOL on their
album, on banners at concerts, on T-shirts and other merchandise,
and so on. Fourth, the artifact is absorbed into the meme-stream of the
cultural psyche by a public interpretation of the meaning of the artwork,
potentially transforming the collective interior. Like a tincture added to
a body of water alters the entire body, so artworks can color and anchor
a collective’s understanding of itself, birthing a unique worldview of
cultural meaning for that community. The altered zeitgeist becomes
a context for the next phase of visionary aesthetic inspiration, and the
grand round of art continues on its evolutionary path.

– excerpt from Net of Being by Alex Grey

blackswanyoga: chakra seeds

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:09:06 +0100

blackswanyoga:

chakra seeds

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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:26:40 +0100

hetiseendroom: I want to live simply. I want to sit by the window when it rains and read books I’ll...

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:17:45 +0100

hetiseendroom:

I want to live simply. I want to sit by the window when it rains and read books I’ll never be tested on. I want to paint because I want to, not because I’ve got something to prove. I want to listen to my body, fall asleep when the moon is high and wake up slowly, with no place to rush off to. I want not to be governed by money or clocks or any of the artificial restraints that humanity imposes on itself. I just want to be, boundless and infinite.

"It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly...."

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:11:56 +0100

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It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days… Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me…So throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That’s why you must walk so lightly. Lightly my darling…

—Aldous Huxley (via adecentfellow)

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- (via mysticmementos)

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"Everything is energy. Physical matter is energy. Thoughts are energy. Feelings are energy. Every..."

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:29:34 +0200

“Everything is energy. Physical matter is energy. Thoughts are energy. Feelings are energy. Every image, thought, feeling, and belief you consciously or unconsciously hold about yourself carries a specific energy pattern to it. These energy patterns are complex and very real. Collectively they make up your experience of self, which is your inner reality. This ongoing inner reality creates the outer reality you live with everyday.”

- Pandit Rajmani Tigunait (via divineisinyou)

ohiwantthatandthatandthattoo: bassman5911: Abandoned Farm...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:23:32 +0200

ohiwantthatandthatandthattoo:

bassman5911:

Abandoned Farm House Turned Into Life-Size Dollhouse

omg

lastregaviama: Kyanite is one of the few stones which never...

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 16:44:43 +0200

lastregaviama:

Kyanite is one of the few stones which never need cleansing or clearing. It is a stone of attunement. Good for communication, mental awareness. Stimulates psychic awareness. Excellent for meditation and dream recall. Blue kyanite helps open psychic ability, enhances telepathic communication, assists in lucid dreaming. It is a stone of fidelity. Combines well with green kyanite to open the heart chakra.

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Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:24:33 +0200

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Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:23:14 +0200

those feet Ö

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:54:13 +0200

those feet Ö

stoned4space: dammnn

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:56:17 +0200

stoned4space:

dammnn

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Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:45:24 +0200

i want to live the poetry i can't write: Date a girl who writes.Date a girl who may never wear completely clean...

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:43:48 +0200

i want to live the poetry i can't write: Date a girl who writes.Date a girl who may never wear completely clean...:

hetiseendroom:

Date a girl who writes.

Date a girl who may never wear completely clean clothes, because of coffee stains and ink spills. She’ll have many problems with her closet space, and her laptop is never boring because there are so many words, so many worlds that she’s cluttered amidst the space. Tabs…

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Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:12:29 +0200

firsttimeuser: Lucien Aigner. Opéra de Paris, 1934

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:39:22 +0200

firsttimeuser:

Lucien Aigner. Opéra de Paris, 1934