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HomeNews & Events Joining, Submissions & Guidelines Articles Founding Members Members & Affiliates Links & ResourcesWith 24 members and 63 deviations, we have achieved 2000 page views! Slowly and surely we are spreading our energies out into the art aethers. Our endeavor is gaining momentum, as we continue to commune with more members with a steady stream of fantastic submissions.
With our growing strength, we can consider initiating some new endeavors. We are a community and now that we have a solid base, we can set out to exert more influence and expand our connectedness to the wider art worlds. Some possible ideas:
-Revamp our attempts to get the DeviantArt administration to open a "visionary art" category.
-Have monthly themes to inspire more focused submissions (for example, have a theme of "Gaia" or "Evolution" or "Lowerworld")
-publish more articles more often
Please respond to this journal entry with any ideas you have for what we can do with our growing strength, and possible ways we can focus our energies toward more specific goals.
Remember, (I love this quote)
"Everything you can imagine is real." -Picasso
Our second Feature Article is now published:
The Synergy of Art and ScienceOur visionary conversation continues with turance's
invitation to seek inspiration and direction in the integration of the known and the numinous, of science and art. I am particularly appreciative of turance’s call for artists to find vision in scientific descriptions of nature. Indeed, there is an extraordinary awakening contained in the realization that the universe “out there” is more incredible, more beautiful, more intricate and sublime, than anything we might simply conjure in our own heads. The humility contained in this thought is an explosive engine of discovery. Rather than stewing in the surrealistic stream of a consciousness bound by the cage of one’s own experience, the visionary travels beyond the beyond, seeking to integrate mysterious states of grace with revealed patterns in nature.
In turance's eloquent words, “Science is not necessarily God, but its lessons are divine. Artists can direct their efforts to creating an art, a mythology, that is informed by cosmology and yet is captivating to people of all different worldviews and capacities for understanding.”
You can access turance’s provocative piece here:
[link]Enjoy! And may your thoughts be known and your visions revealed! – Joshua Levin / mythfits
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Are you Visionary?
Visionary art is created by those with the electrifying compulsion to channel wisdom and light into our shadowed reality. The Visionary artist is humble and receptive to a kosmic life force, and undertakes the discipline necessary to bring it into manifestation. He sees beyond normal reality with clarity: not just symbols, but the meanings behind them. Through a process of self-discovery and transformation, the Visionary artist awakens to the mysteries of reality, and compassionately desires to shock others into these same realizations.
The Goal
Visionary artists undertake the joyous responsibility of shaping the future of our world. Here on deviantART, we participate in a global community of artists where we channel so much energy with our work. While we may work in solitude, we can dedicate our efforts to our families, coworkers, friends, enemies, and fellow humans everywhere on the planet. We are here to help shape the mythologies and worldviews of our collective future, and are devoted to offering captivating Visions of not only what the world is, but what it can become.
Joining Our Community
If you consider yourself to be a Visionary artist, or strive to become one, then join our community. We are here to share our Visions with one another, and devote some energy into offering thoughtful and reflective insights into each other's work. This is not for the mere two-eyed; open your eyes of the flesh, of the mind, and of Spirit - to the full spectrum of our dynamic human perception - and bring your Visions into the world with us.
Technical details for joining, submissions, and guidelines can be found
here.
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