Higher Art

The most beautiful and the most profound emotion we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the source of all true art and science. - Albert Einstein The secret and sacred purpose of higher art is to cultivate and experience the mystery at the heart of human experience which modern science dispels. The artist knows that the gift of art is personal, handed to him by the Supreme Being and is the soul unto the soul. Contemporary higher art, globally, is not a pictorial language of communication. It is in actuality, a process of realisation by the artist. Working at the possibilities of his physical medium, the artist seeks the universal truth behind perceived reality. The artist experimenter is the artist prophet. This and more is what Higher Art - A Discipline to Kindle Life is all about. About the Author Vasant Avarsekar, ex-professor of History of Art and Aesthetics at the Sir J.J. Institute of Fine and Applied Art, Mumbai (1969-1989), is now a veteran creative artist of India, honoured by All India Fine Arts and Cra_ s Society, New Delhi. He lives and works in Mumbai.