You cannot charge a price for beauty
It is impossible to be happy without art. But art that you buy at a gallery does not qualify. Art that you see at a theater does not qualify. That is the disease of specialization, cleverness, fame and money, and it changes nothing. Art cannot be presented as an object to be consumed, something to be paid for and then enjoyed. You cannot charge a price for beauty.
The modern world is in despair, robbed of beauty. We must have courage to look at our very lives and challenge everything that is culturally defined.
Art creates new ways of living: what we do during the course of the day, what we do for fun, from how we earn our living, how we define and govern our relationships, what we care about, what we believe in, what we dream, how we use our energy.
Visionary art arises from the soul. It informs us of what is happening and inspires us to forge another reality. It is songs of emptiness and fulness, songs of power and transformation. Art changes how we live our lives. Visionary art is a way to conceive of that world and take steps to get there. First, you imagine it. Then you create it in art. And then you make it real.
How can we create active, visionary art? The first step is to break the stranglehold of money. Art should created for sheer joy. The standard art forms such as painting, music dance, writing, film, are (fine). But there is much more. Art can be applied to every single thing we do. Everyone must have access to art. Every home, every workplace, and especially every center of entertainment.
The purpose of Visionary Society and this paper is to present tools for understanding life in society and doing something in response, including Topics, Projects and Challenges…
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