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you wrote what i hold also to be truth. the talent of art is perhaps one in the same field with the spiritual. there are today so few beings that can say they are blissful. that when the going gets rough, like an elephant, simply steps over and keeps on going. the chinese have a saying, "BO BO GO SING" step-by-step. there is too much of the negative about everything and art is certainly marked. but i know the bliss. i found it after years of personal terror and tragedy. and i too see the people around me gravitate to others of the same negativity. that allows for a situation of NO ESCAPE. one can escape but it is up to the individual. all the shrinks, concerned parents and friends, support groups, and yes, even religion can not effect change if the seeker is not sincere in their own heart. how wonderful it is to be an artist and do what i do best. what i love and, what brings me closer to TAO. be that GOD not, there is something out there and we who can give an example , should. i THANK you for a wonderful article. you said it for me.
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you wrote what i hold also to be truth. the talent of art is perhaps one in the same field with the spiritual. there are today so few beings that can say they are blissful. that when the going gets rough, like an elephant, simply steps over and keeps on going. the chinese have a saying, "BO BO GO SING" step-by-step. there is too much of the negative about everything and art is certainly marked. but i know the bliss. i found it after years of personal terror and tragedy. and i too see the people around me gravitate to others of the same negativity. that allows for a situation of NO ESCAPE. one can escape but it is up to the individual. all the shrinks, concerned parents and friends, support groups, and yes, even religion can not effect change if the seeker is not sincere in their own heart. how wonderful it is to be an artist and do what i do best. what i love and, what brings me closer to TAO. be that GOD not, there is something out there and we who can give an example , should. i THANK you for a wonderful article. you said it for me.
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"Should being an "artist" automatically be excused for immorality and capriciousness?"
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A mad junky in the name of art (Part 1 of 2)
Should being an "artist" automatically excuse for immorality and capriciousness?
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When someone is established in a path of spiritual awareness, in faith, he realizes his essence and uses every daily doing as a lift to spiritual enhancement, to personal growth, to the aspiration to all that which is noble, pure and luminous. It's a question of attitude and attitude is an expression of the freedom of choise which God gave us, Humans.
A deep and intense spiritual awareness to the existential suffering of oneself and of mankind is a gift, but awareness which is not accompanied with equilibrium of the mind begets fear which might result in hatred, rather than a balanced and aware mind which begets love and faith.
Art can also be created out of love and faith and it will be as deep, impressive, creative and colorful as art emerging from the darkness of the artist's psyche. Again, it's a question of choise and once you do believe that God indeed contains everything - including the devil - because everything is within the boundaries of His Creation and His Providence governs all with absolute and infinite awareness, than the logical outcome of that realization, is that art which is lofted by the creative forces of the mind can soar much higher and further than art which stems from the rotten roots of the destructive forces of the mind.
Asceticism
Those artists who choose to create art out of self-hatred and conflict do so on their own, but by no means because it is necessarily the way of nature. Perhaps they choose to believe that if and when they will stop suffering they will also stop being unique. Perhaps it is the rooted belief that being miserable is being deep and that happy people are superficial and stupid. But that depends on where from this happiness flows, and of course when I say happiness, I mean true and profound blissful joy and not that unaware vapid hypocritical charade posed by most of them "happy" people.
Now, the happiness of sensual pleasures may indeed be superficial and stupid, but nevertheless it is an expression of the human nature just as much as stubbornly uncompromising and haughtily pretentious debatement concerning 'deep' philosophical issues. At the ultimate level of reality, enjoying a good steak like a beast isn't more superficial than embittering your life with asceticism and self torture, as did certain artists of the past, since it does not indicate spiritual greatness but rather the greatness of the ego and it's arrogance and the illusion that shields them and then turns them into a distorted and dangerous belief, that it is indeed for a higher cause - Art - nonsense.
Happiness
But there is true joy, what which we call 'Happiness' - that which derives from the knowledge that in any situation and at all times there is something unfathomably bigger than us, which is aware of us into our entire depths, which knows the purpose of our existence and tries to guide us through a universal scene of illusions and misery which he created for us.
From within those short moments of the happiness of faith and the experience of the radiance of truth, art is born which is not the outcome of misery and indecisive conflict, but rather one that, for a start, expresses all those objectively and impartially. Perhaps at a later stage an art emerges that is all of the nature of radiance, happiness and faith - art which is the embodiment of the divine, the exalted and the complete.
Attraction of similarities
As an incidental remark to the above and as a side effect of the suffering human, the frequencies we generate draw to us those people who generate the same frequencies. A magnet will not be pulled to or by glass or wood but only to iron. It is the law of nature. A man - an artist, a cook, a teacher, a driver or a cashier - who generates frequencies of self destruction draws to himself other people of the same frequency.
Someone who, in the name of art and out of deep soul affinity for art, generates frequencies of self destruction, will attract 'artists' or those with 'the soul of an artist', who ruin the lives of themselves and of those who surround them, without any aware striving towards the origins of all phenomenon and the real solution to their personal despair. This is also a law of nature.
And that is all I had to say about that. Thank God for the wisdom, the insight, the pride, the journey and the conflict.
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To me this looks like the law of attraction (rewritten in "the secret"). I live this simple but effective priciple to get in touch with people having a positive mind set. This works and helps.
I surprised, however, that this works with arts as well. How can I (as a magician) attract people who do similar magic in a similar fashion compared to mine? So far I'm happy I never met artists who have a self destructive attitude which might be an indication that I radiate positive frequencies exclusively ;-)...
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Well I don't know...it doesn't need to make sense to me ya know, it needs to feel sense. and currently talking about this level of experience is nothing more tan a philosophy to me. I do understand philosophy however I experienced not too much of it as of yet.
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Findgart...all you want to do is stick to your conditioned idea that you are a 'person' in a body. When you have investigated the truth of you belief and can surely say that you are who you think you are then there will still be no one here to answer you...even if you believe the contrary.
Death only scares the shit out of you, because you 'think' so. Stop thinking yourself to be, Findgart!
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And indeed not only artists indulge in the self-justified immorality - it is clearly evident by the general moral standards of today, it is clearly seen in the state of affairs we all live in - humans.
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The original question was "Should being an "artist" automatically excuse for immorality and capriciousness?"
The answer is "hell no" - this extends not just to artists but to politicians, clergy, actors ... anyone. There is no excuse for poor behavior.
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And how would you know that? beyond the philosophical aspect which is calmly illustrated varbally but is light years away from the actual experience of separation...
If you still hurt when it hurts, if you still crave for the scent of a woman, if you still get angry when you're abused, or any other example - if you still feel, then you still are. If you still serve as a container to thoughts and emotions, you still are. If you still are, then you fear death, though perhaps you are not aware of it.
Many of us play it cool and carry the flag of advice when actual pain and uncertainty are still far from us... many of us are just not even aware of what it is that we are not aware of.
Continuation? who guaranteed you that your continuation will be a pleasant one? what if this continuation itself judges arrogance and ignorance, weights passion and fear, calculates anger and jealousy to thereof create itself accordingly?
What is your guarantee that you do not sin of apathy and lethargy where you believe to be whole and mindful?
And what makes Al Pacino so great if there is nothing that judges greatness from plain humane outbursts of emotions?
Arnold Schwarzenegger is great as well... isn't he?
on Monday, April 27th, Adrian said
my firend, there is no end as there is no beginning.
Death is understood conceptually. Concepts come and go. The body ceases to function...but how much of an end is this?...its not an end..is more like a continuation.
on Saturday, April 25th, findigart said
death, you know...the end of everything that's familiar, the end of everything that shelters from the vastness of fear. the end of watching al pacino and smelling the scent of a woman...
on Friday, April 24th, Adrian said
...as for death...what is that?
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The last food I ate before flying out of Bombay, was macDonalds frittas. Mostly I'm amazed at what comes up next...how there can be a lot of thoughts going on, seemingly connected to a situation (I dont take them seriously) because life has its own way....that leaves life itself amazed at itself.
Al Pacino is brilliant...he is 'the' Italian Stallion..I enjoyed "scent of a woman" and I still do enjoy the scent of women :-)
As for Obama...I've never smoked it...but by the looks of things one can get a kick out of it....where, is out of anyones control.
I drink Italian cuppacino because I live in Italy...as for art...I have no idea.
An old chinese saying goes..."if you step in shit without knowing it, or if its around, but you dont know where it is...this is good luck...which means theres money coming your way"
on Thursday, April 23rd, findigart said
hmmm... indeed after meditation today i leaned back and lied on my bed and a strange smell of cow dung flooded my nostrils. and so i thought to myself: "jesus (with a non-capital j), what's that smell, man..."
indeed. so from within that experience of who you are, what's your feelings towards death? or MacDonalds? is Al Pacino a good actor or just another phoney? Obama is a big black dick that's for sure and it's got nothing to do with nothing.
So why art? do you drink coffee? where do you live? and hell-yeah it's relevant to that post.
on Thursday, April 23rd, Adrian said
I wrote that for you Findgart...you were the one who wrote the blog inthe first place, eh?
So glad that you find me to be phoney and contradictory....for if you didn't I'd be in good position to be your guru...and thats the last thing on my mind.
Yes...I am condradictory, a lier, a thief, a piece of smelly crap that will stick to your boot for eternity. You'll never get rid of my smell as it blesses you day in and day out. I'm a lover, a beggar, a bastard, a phoney, a priest, a buddha....and there is a seeing, a true seeing into and through this life, an out-shining with nothing to hold onto.
Thats how I am today. I'm not on some romantic trip into the sunset...I gave up on meditation, on religion, on enlightenment. I am neither liberated, or emancipated...or constipated:-)Happy and sadness come and go of their own accord while I ride this backbone of life. I am intimate with and cannot see how I could be seperate from.
This is how I feel today..and glad to have made the aqcuaintance(and my spelling is terrible :-))
on Wednesday, April 22nd, findigart said
And I (Yes, I) am sorry if I came out a little harsh on you, I didn't mean to be rude.
It's just you got on my nerves :-) (Yes, MY nerves)
But you (hmmm...) are profound - no doubt about that - I dig that about you :-) You are a thinker, a striver, a true warrior of freedom. Guys like you are in short supply. Gals too... especially those who also look good - babes you know...
Just kidding... or not.
I thank you for that very thoughtful and detailed comment, although I wonder: did you really write that for me? :-)
So how are you these days, Adrian?
on Wednesday, April 22nd, findigart said
Adrian... who is it that said sooo many complicated words and uttered sooo many complex ideas and philosophies, although he claims to... well, whatever?
The things is, that I do not presume to be where I am not. But you talk so much about what is and is not reality and illusion... presuming to have experienced the absolute - or not - because you are actually not... and so on and so forth... too much philosophy for someone who really could give a shit about these things anymore, since "he" "is" "liberated" "or whatever"...
I talk about where I am, I criticize because I fear, I am sincere. At least.
You cannot talk so much about not talking, I'm sorry but that contradicts in the very essence, and sounds a bit phoney to me.
Too much philosophy for a self-proclaimed Buddha.
Or is it me? Am I criticizing myself now??? well... contrary to you, I still exist... I do have flaws, these flaws ARE MINE... yes... ans I meditate - I and no one else - I meditate to be liberated... and I AM getting liberated, slowly but steadily - I feel it. That's it.
on Monday, April 20th, Adrian said
an illusion is an illusion...so as this, there is nothing to be liberated. As a matter of fact, the idea of 'liberation' would also then be an illusion, seeing that it is connected to the illusion.
What is for certain, is that existence/ beingness is.It cannot be reached, because it already is. It cannot be achieved, because it already is. It cannot be grasped, because it is everything and nothing simultaneously. Words dont capture it...neither does the arts. Yet it pervades and looks like all of this.
Self improvement is also the reflection of this...as is self degeneration. But there is a difference in seeing that this belongs to no one...that there realy is no one here to have belonging to. There is a difference here because life carries on ordinarily and what ever appears is seen to be only an appearance...a reflection...an image. But with the identity of being someone, then this search to become more pure or better than now, is what perpetuates the notion of personal suffering.
It looks as if God is trying to tell you something, Findgart...but unless you are prepared to die of the thought of being a person, you won't be able to see God in a piece of Doggy Doo:-)
Artists partaking in the moment in the act of art, are consumed to such an extent that there isn't even the slightest notion of being. And this is what being is. It is unknown...yet it is. A surfer on a wave with her board would also be 'in the moment' with the wave and as with art, this is highly addictive because for some apparent time, the 'I' concept isn't claiming that 'I am doing this'....it is just 'being done'.
When the surfer or the artist completes the painting, maybe after some time a depression comes on and this depression identified with as to belong to me, makes it look as though I need to do that action again in order to repeat the experience. And this, in itself, is a repatition.
But you want to know how to 'stay' as this...all consumed as this moment. Then investigate into who it is that needs to stay. Look and see how subtely the fake 'I' claims volition of this life.'I'have to meditate to achieve some sort of purity called enlightenment. 'I' have to become a better person...I have to do this and that. This is the job of 'I'. But 'I' is not really here. Its a cosmic joke!
on Monday, April 20th, Adrian said
firstly the illusion cannot be liberated into infinity...this kind of comment only intensifies the fact that you are caught up in assumptions and not direct experience.
What you are, is reflected as experience and this is the fact right now. The habitual pattern of identifying with the concept of being as a person, is what makes it look as if you are just being. 'Being' is inescapable...i.e. it is always already the case whether you think you are not being or you are. Being is not relynt on thought to be.
All those artists did investigate into the truth...into reality in an ongoing investigation that manifested the way that it did. All art is an investigation into reality. And even if artists draw conclusions to what reality is, it still doesnt make an ounce of a difference to reality now. Reality is untouchable, Findgart.
You can assume that you create your own illusion...but reality cannot be created.
on Sunday, April 19th, findigart said
TO// Adrian
And do you really believe that "they" investigated into this profound truth - all those artists of the past... all those that "I" criticize?
And this acknowledgment, which is perceived by no-one of course, was it perceived by you to the extent of being one with none?
You are right, and "we" have had "this" discussion before, and "I" still think that what you say must be experienced. So far I only feel it sometimes and to different extents but not to such which will liberate that illusion into infinity.
on Sunday, April 19th, Adrian said
I agree with Barry Scharf here(for a leetle bit):-)...that your thoughts are true but sadly unrealistic.
As for 'choice'.....Yes choice is a deciding factor but 'choice ' itself is not governed by an individual. Its is the belief (the lie) that you are an individual person, a seperate 'I' who is seperate from the world outside yourself...it is this belief that is the apparent cause of misery. It is always only this belief that claims doership of life and therefore suffers life personally. It is this lie of being an 'I' who claims doership of war, peace, etc.
Investigation into the reality of this 'I' shows that it is not true. Life happens...to no one. And this is the only responsability there is. Life happens on the screen of unconditionality(or Love) and this is what you are. The rest of it is not real....it happens but it is not what you actually are...it is a reflection only of what you are.
You mr. Fingart take a look at this instead of reacting continuously on the conditionings you take to be the truth of who you are.
'Investigation'... this is the primary key word that would describe the Arts throughout the centuries...whether it is begot from misery or not.
on Friday, April 17th, findigart said
To Hans, Robert and "fashion jewelery" who commented in the now archived A mad junky in the name of art (Part 1 of 2, it seems that I can no longer post comments in there, but I wanted to thank you for your enlightening comments.
Again as I replied to Barry, I myself am a dynamic and changing individual, and at times a very strict opinion melts in the heat of life's experiences.
However, I still strive to good and to art that stems from good and aspires to radiate it. Perhaps that's all there is to it... :-)
on Thursday, April 16th, I wanna cupcake said
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on Thursday, April 16th, findigart said
TO// Barry
Indeed we are doomed by the force of habit to repeat ourselves. I experience that myself so many times. I fail so many times where I swore to succeed the last time I made that same mistake.
However, there is what you might call intent. Many of us are driven by immoral intents without awareness, act upon these desires and self-destructive instincts without even realizing that it is so.
I am not talking about succeeding here, I am talking about trying. We get credit for trying, no matter how many times we have already fallen into the same ditch. And believe me, I know what it is to fall and fail trying.
Perhaps at the time that I wrote this I was in a more solidified spiritual state of mind and so things appeared to be simplified... perhaps they are. But mostly, I know, I can only keep on trying to become a better human being, no more than that.
I like art that begets from this kind of attitude more than art which begets from unaware egocentricity and blind addiction to self destruction.
on Thursday, April 16th, Barry Scharf said
Yes your thoughts are true, but sadly unrealistic. No one lives in such purity. Life has a way of moving us closer then away from our better selves.
The truth is that this is all a matter of choice and we make those choices every day. Some days are better then others. The best we can hope for is to live and express our excellence, that is to live at the edge of the best we can be based on what we know. With each learning experience we can improve if we apply our new information to our art and life, but again it is a matter of choice and humans seem to forget a lot of their experiences and so are doomed to repeat themselves.
