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nvoIvecreativityfortheyarepartoflifeandartislife..Ashumanbeings,weembodylife,soartbeginswithus.Wearethecreativemediumsthatexpressart.Artinturnisthestoryofourlifeandtheworldwehavecreated.
ThecreativesecretbegInswithus
AbovetheentrancetotheancientOracleatDelphi,thephrase,"Knowthyself,"wasinscr.ibedinstone.Thisisthecorrectplacetobegin.Toknowtherealmeaningofartandwhatitmeanstobeanartist,wehavetounderstandwhoweareandthesourcefromwhencewesprang.Wecanconstructafasci-natingcross-referenceofspiritualandscien-tificsourcesthatechooneanotheroverthemillenniatolearnthestoryofourhumanoriginsandthecreativeene.rgiesinvolvedinthemakingofthematerialworld.Under-standingtheseforcesisthekeytounder-standingthepurposeandmeaningofart.Itisthekeytounderstandingourowncreativity.
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Sciencetellsustheastonishingfactthatatoms,thethingsthatcreatetheparticlesthatcreatethematerialworld,areactuallymadeupofmorethan99%spaceandlightenergy.lessthan1
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isactualmatteritself..Infact,lightdirectlycreatesmatter.Photonsoflightimpartthespintosubatomicparticlesthatgeneratestheirposi-tiveandnegativeelectricalcharges.Thesechargescreatetheattractiveandrepulsiveforcesthatall.owthesubatomicelementstoformthenucleioftheatoms,allowingthemtobegintheparticlechain.Butthislightisalsointelligent.Itcontainsspecific,directiveinformation.Thevarietyofformswehaveinthematerialworldexistsbecausethelightdistinguishesitsinstructionssoanappleisanappleandnotadog.HerearetwoastonishingquotesfromAlbertEinsteinandMaxPlanck,thefatherofmodernquantumphysics:Wehavebeenallwrong.Whatwecallmatterisenergy,whosevibrationhasbeenloweredastobeperceptible
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thesenses."-Einstein"Behindtheexistenceofallmatterisacon-sciousandintelligentmind-thismindisthematrixofallmatter."-MaxPlanckE=MC
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tellsusthatmatterandenergyareinterchangeable.Mattercomesfrom