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"You’ve probably noticed how the most beautiful paintings, music and poetry evoke a sense of connection, peace and gratitude. Great works of art celebrate and express the beauty of Nature, that “the universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper,” as Eden Phillpotts put it.

With the best art we are reminded that we live in a Creative Universe that is itself a work of art, filled with masterpieces of rivers, stars, mountains, children, clouds and flowers. The greatest artists, poets and musicians down through time (like Picasso, Walt Whitman, Mozart and Van Gogh) have tried to communicate this message to us. That art surrounds us everywhere.

They encouraged us to look carefully, and to develop our own creative potential. When we dance, paint, sing or write poetry we are are participating in the creative life of our Universe. We are living in tune with the wisdom of Nature, expressing the songs of our hearts.

To develop your creative potential is important, because if we do not express ourselves creatively we are more easily hypnotized by the propaganda of this “consumer age” which tells us that happiness and meaning comes from the pursuit of money, from purchases and ownership of “products” created by others, not by ourselves.

This is one of the biggest threats to human happiness and freedom, a lie that too many of us have swallowed. We need to understand how the deceptive propaganda of “materialism” has infiltrated our media, governments, education systems and all modern forms of culture.

The “art” of marketing and deception has dominated the industrial age, where skilled “commercial” artists, engineers, politicians and scientists help manufacture “campaigns” and products to intentionally trick our senses, to get us to think the way they want, to vote a certain way, desire (rather than create) material products we often don’t need, for the benefit of wealthy investors and large corporations.

How then to break free?

Three things can be most helpful (in my opinion), for breaking free from of the indoctrination and productions of intentionally manipulative cultural systems.

First, to take more control over our own education, for all of us to practice art forms ourselves, to encourage our children to master a variety of arts, to read what helps us grow wiser and self-direct our own learning.

Secondly, to watch carefully what we allow into our minds and bodies, to be aware of the importance of healthy food production, cooking, eating and spiritual practices, being aware of how our daily actions (and “diets” of foods and ideas) influence our thoughts and transform our consciousness.

And third, to be a part of the wider global culture of conscious creativity that is already in motion, where visual artists, musicians, dancers, poets, teachers, story tellers and young artisans are turning away from the propaganda outlets of the corporate sphere, creating a grassroots global culture (similar to what arose in the sixties) that has the potential to help others break free of toxic influences in the coming years."

~Christopher Chase

Full essay: How the Arts Transform Consciousness https://creativesystemsthinking.wordpress.com/2015/11/18/how-the-arts-transform-consciousness/