Hence, a beautifully
executed painting, statue or tapestry appeals to and interests
almost everyone, even though few are able to execute their own
artistic impressions.
The reason for this is that the average physical makeup is
defective and therefore affords a poor vehicle for the expression
of the real entity. Then again, artistic ability is a question
of individual development.
Primordial man's efforts to depict that which delighted his soul
were crude indeed, compared with the creations of your world's
foremost artists today. But in a relative sense only, for the
state of your art is as far behind the art of the Martians as are
the carvings of your prehistoric cavemen behind the productions
of your Michael Angelos. As man unfolds spiritually there is a
corresponding advance in his artistic point of view.
This is evidenced by the fact that art has flourished more on
your Earth among those races and individuals who are spiritually
inclined. The products of the monastery and cloister in the
Middle Ages are witness to this fact.
Amongst a materially inclined people whose selfish instincts have
stultified their souls; a people whose ultimate goal is the
acquisition of material things; a people whose only ambition is
to satisfy self: a people whose ideas of real happiness are the
pursuit of material pleasures, art has little place except as a
fad.
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