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***HELP BUILD OUR COMMUNITY: WRITE AN ARTICLE***

We want to spread the word, educate, and reveal our insights as artists and writers about visionary art. YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE by writing an article:

The article should be a well-written, 1-6 page piece about any aspect of visionary art. It could be about your own unique view of it, your experience of making it, a discussion of your favorite artists, an inquiry into a particular visionary dimension, or whatever. This could serve to help others develop an understanding of visionary art, stimulate discussion, or explore the creative process. It should be well-written, and we can help you to revise or tweak it if necessary. Questions are welcome. This is a unique opportunity for you to contribute your thoughts of art and creativity to the community. Please take advantage of this, and send a note!

A Small Critique of Modern Visionary Art
by mathismondhut
published April 5, 2008
A visionary artist himself, our member mathismondhut offers a piercing, patient criticism of visionary art. Powers and dangers are unearthed in this brief, yet poignant analysis of our art form. His ideas touch upon the core of the relationship between visionary art and culture.
A brief excerpt:
"The idea of changing the mortal world with an immortal, transcendental art, or an art that claims to be transcendental, should be observed with a very skeptical eye, as the wish for change always stems from the mortal self. As the mortal self wants to heal a mortal world, and says at the same time, 'I represent the immortal' - well, think about it."

The Synergy of Art and Science
by turance
Published May 10, 2008
Our 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