If we look deeply into the causes of isolation, fear, despair,
misery, their cause can be traced back to the belief and feeling that
consciousness is personal and limited. When consciousness is for a
moment relieved of this self-imposed limitation, it experiences its own
unlimited nature; and beauty, love and intelligence are expressions of
this experience. It is from such an experience, therefore, that the root
cause of suffering is undermined. For this reason I would say that
beauty is not only relevant in our culture, but that it is essential. In
fact I would go further and say that the more injustice, inequality and
suffering in a culture, the more need there is for truly creative
artists, for people who are sensitive to the universality of
consciousness and who are able to express something of its majesty in
form. Ultimately no words can describe this because all words are
conceptual, and we are talking about direct experience. That is why it
is so important to make beautiful things. In fact, the more conceptual
and abstract a culture’s notion of reality, the more important it
becomes to have good artists.
http://non-duality.rupertspira.com/read/interview_with_daphne_astor__consciousness_and_the_role_of_the_artist_2002
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