How are paintings mystical? Do they exhume some extra ordinary power?
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How are paintings mystical? Do they exhume some extra ordinary power?
The goal of the practice of mysticism is contact with the divine through various meditative and spiritual disciplines. In mystical painting, the artist cultivates a meditative state clear from thought and fantasy. Only a small fraction of a painting can truly be described as mystical. Most of this art would be better labeled as fantasy since it happens within the conscious mind of the artist. True mystics realize that the source of all multiplicity is found in oneness, pure essence.
The relationship between art and mysticism is not a new connection at all. The relationship is considered either spiritual or aesthetic. Mysticism teaches us about the nature of things, spirituality encompasses how this knowledge affects who we are. There are various means of moving down it and understanding it. Spiritual path is often wedged in mystical arts. The aesthetic experience is, on the other hand, a certain subset of mystical experience. It is the direct perception of beauty, as opposed to truth. Mystic art is spirit expressed into art, as a medium of passing message from the divine matrix of creation.