Tsagaglalal - creation of Sandy Wythawai Starbird
Ask anyone why art is essential and you may hear that it's not. But ask someone else and you might hear that it's necessary for the survival of our species. I've come to feel that art is the answer to our current problems, concerning beliefs and the inability to assimilate facts. Any society which wants to suppress its people tries to eliminate art in its various forms. In the United States, we have been taught to believe that art is a luxury which is not necessary in our children’s education. This has caused many people to think that anyone who appreciates art is highfalutin in some way; perhaps even defined as elitist for their love of beauty and critical thinking. I ask that we stop and remember the Coal Miner's Daughter, Loretta Lynn. She was as down-home as a person could be, and her songs praise the evolution of thought and the revolution for women. She understood the pointlessness of sending our loved ones to war. Her stories rival those which have come through great authors, and her melodies are as pure as our finest composers bring forth. Art in the United States is fabulously diverse, and is representative of our country far more than corporations and politicians. We could list pages of writers and musicians and artists in all their glory, and they have all opened us to something more than we were before we heard or saw their creations. Yes, I think the answer to every question is art!
"Creation is ever appearing, and must ever continue to appear from the nature of its inexhaustible source."
Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 507:28
“You are being blessed by every beneficent thought of any of your brothers anywhere. You should want to bless them in return, out of gratitude. You need not know them individually, or they you. The light is so strong that it radiates throughout the Sonship and returns thanks to the Father for radiating His joy upon it. Only God’s holy children are worthy channels of His beautiful joy, because only they are beautiful enough to hold it by sharing it. It is impossible for a child of God to love his neighbor except as himself. That is why the healer’s prayer is: Let me know this brother as I know myself.”
A Course in Miracles T-5.in.3:1-8
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