Creating, or re-creating our own personal myths helps to eradicate negative feelings generated by dogma, which in the end can only cause disempowerment. All myths and legends inspire and fuel our imagination and, from a creative point of view, help us dig deeper toward understanding our unique relationship with the universe. Creativity, when viewed from an indigenous perspective, was not just a physical process, but a necessary ongoing spiritual journey. It was something that was practiced and woven into the very fabric of our native ancestors’ lives. Whether we consider the natives of Easter Island creating enormous effigies and stone heads in honour of their spiritual ancestors or the European aristocracy placing hippogriths and dragons on their clans ‘spiritual’ coat of arms, the use of art to reveal the mysteries of the Universe was paramount. Today there is a lack of a spiritual principle in art, especially schools of fine art, which concern themselves mainly with intellectualising and rationalising creativity. There is more to creativity than the physical processes, or art for art’s sake. The most important aspect of being creative is not the product created but what it reveals to the one who has created it. What is unveiled through our art and creativity often relates directly to what we feel, how we think, see and how we move through the world on different levels. Humanity often gets caught up in a world of illusion, when it fails to see beyond the physical limitations and into other dimensions. Therefore art as a vehicle for our psychic abilities can provide us with the necessary insight for discovering the mystery of our being. In other words visionary art is a vehicle for expressing the true nature of our world (Article & Artwork by Neil Hague)Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Art as a Psychic Tool
All art in its native sense is concerned with stirring our spirits, our soul and stimulating our extra-sensory perception. As always it is the art of storytelling, whether oral or pictorial, that is the real sign of creative vitality in any culture or society. 
Creating, or re-creating our own personal myths helps to eradicate negative feelings generated by dogma, which in the end can only cause disempowerment. All myths and legends inspire and fuel our imagination and, from a creative point of view, help us dig deeper toward understanding our unique relationship with the universe. Creativity, when viewed from an indigenous perspective, was not just a physical process, but a necessary ongoing spiritual journey. It was something that was practiced and woven into the very fabric of our native ancestors’ lives. Whether we consider the natives of Easter Island creating enormous effigies and stone heads in honour of their spiritual ancestors or the European aristocracy placing hippogriths and dragons on their clans ‘spiritual’ coat of arms, the use of art to reveal the mysteries of the Universe was paramount. Today there is a lack of a spiritual principle in art, especially schools of fine art, which concern themselves mainly with intellectualising and rationalising creativity. There is more to creativity than the physical processes, or art for art’s sake. The most important aspect of being creative is not the product created but what it reveals to the one who has created it. What is unveiled through our art and creativity often relates directly to what we feel, how we think, see and how we move through the world on different levels. Humanity often gets caught up in a world of illusion, when it fails to see beyond the physical limitations and into other dimensions. Therefore art as a vehicle for our psychic abilities can provide us with the necessary insight for discovering the mystery of our being. In other words visionary art is a vehicle for expressing the true nature of our world (Article & Artwork by Neil Hague)
Creating, or re-creating our own personal myths helps to eradicate negative feelings generated by dogma, which in the end can only cause disempowerment. All myths and legends inspire and fuel our imagination and, from a creative point of view, help us dig deeper toward understanding our unique relationship with the universe. Creativity, when viewed from an indigenous perspective, was not just a physical process, but a necessary ongoing spiritual journey. It was something that was practiced and woven into the very fabric of our native ancestors’ lives. Whether we consider the natives of Easter Island creating enormous effigies and stone heads in honour of their spiritual ancestors or the European aristocracy placing hippogriths and dragons on their clans ‘spiritual’ coat of arms, the use of art to reveal the mysteries of the Universe was paramount. Today there is a lack of a spiritual principle in art, especially schools of fine art, which concern themselves mainly with intellectualising and rationalising creativity. There is more to creativity than the physical processes, or art for art’s sake. The most important aspect of being creative is not the product created but what it reveals to the one who has created it. What is unveiled through our art and creativity often relates directly to what we feel, how we think, see and how we move through the world on different levels. Humanity often gets caught up in a world of illusion, when it fails to see beyond the physical limitations and into other dimensions. Therefore art as a vehicle for our psychic abilities can provide us with the necessary insight for discovering the mystery of our being. In other words visionary art is a vehicle for expressing the true nature of our world (Article & Artwork by Neil Hague)