[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Sacredness in Art

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

September 3, 2008

SACREDNESS IN ART

A good work of art always reflects a notion of sacredness within 
it....A work of art is created because there is basic sacredness, 
independent of the artist's particular religious faith or trust. That 
sacredness is the aspect of heaven, which creates an umbrella, so to 
speak, that becomes very powerful and very real. At that point, human 
dignity is more important than the particular religion or discipline 
a person came from. That sounds great, don't you think? Sacredness 
from that point of view is the discovery of goodness, which is 
independent of personal, social, or physical restrictions.

 From "Heaven, Earth and Man" in DHARMA ART, page 142 in Volume Seven 
of THE COLLECTED WORKS OF CHOGYAM TRUNGPA.

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