When I was reading up on religion two posts ago ("What is Religion"), I came across a statement that I knew from my personal experience with religion and belief to be true, but I had never before come across it in print. This is what I read in Wikipedia.org under "religion": Many languages have words that can … Continue reading Is religion real?
Author: Vessie Kazachka
Why religion?
In the previous post I wrote about the National Geographic article on Göbekli Tepe (NatGeo June 2011). I used it as evidence for my statement that art today derives its origins from religious rites and activities. In the article, the writer says "What [Göbekli Tepe] suggests, at least to the archeologists working there, is that the … Continue reading Why religion?
What is religion?
Dear reader, As I started thinking about how to explain the connection between art and religion, I found myself wanting in information and particular examples. And as I started researching, I realized, not for the first time on this blog, that the subject is much deeper and requires more than a single blog entry. Let's start with … Continue reading What is religion?
Happy New Year 2013! Let’s review
Dear reader, Happy New 2013! I wish you a wonderful, marvelous, joyful and blessed year! Thank you for being with me from the beginning of this blog. All the clicks and comments are truly encouraging. I do apologize for not writing the last few months. Life got busy, holidays came, and as a new writer, … Continue reading Happy New Year 2013! Let’s review
On a Personal Note (3)
Dear reader, I know it's been awhile since I last wrote (over two weeks), but I don't think I need to explain how life can get busy and one can slip away from commitments and get sucked into mundane daily activities! So I slipped - no need to make excuses about it. But there was … Continue reading On a Personal Note (3)
Lyrical Interlude (2)
Dear reader, In my last post, I very determinately said that people today don't relate to art the same way that they did in the past. I feel that I need to expound to that. A few weeks ago was the opening of the current season of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The program was wonderful. … Continue reading Lyrical Interlude (2)
Why Beginnings?
Why is it important if a definition or a concept is recent or old? Because I believe that in order to create, develop, or use anything, one has to know (understand) what that thing is. Every nation and ethnicity teaches its children from a very young age who they are by telling them the story … Continue reading Why Beginnings?
More on Invisible Things
Continuing on the topic of invisible things, I’m adding more words to my list of invisibles: this week they are relationship and culture. And how about intelligence and imagination? How about thought? About the last three – it is clear that science has shown that when intelligence, imagination, and thought are at work, there are … Continue reading More on Invisible Things
Looking for Invisible Things
Dear reader, When I showed you the picture of the Papua New Guinea sago jar two weeks ago, I posted the description that went along with it as well. It read the following: “Created as a functional item, they also serve to illustrate the power of creating uniquely beautiful art pieces that take on a … Continue reading Looking for Invisible Things
On a Personal Note (2)
Dear reader, As I was thinking about this week's post, I wanted to write another Lyrical Interlude, but I couldn't find exactly the right topic on which to write it. Our world seems to exist between two extremes - one of exact science, and the other of personal point-of-view in every area of life, justified … Continue reading On a Personal Note (2)
Art and the Invisible 