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Theosophy and the Occult in  Modern Art

2/10/2016

 

The New Age Art of Darkness


​Readers, this blog is not an attack on art, but an attempt in a few words to outline what has been happening to the nature of art during this modern, so called 'scientific' era and in particular over the last 100 years. Many people are unaware of the sinister occult foundation in contemporary art. If you are a materialist, relativist or one who finds it difficult to view the world in spiritual terms of any kind, then maybe this isn't for you!

I posit that, the making of art is a profound spiritual act, an act of creation and thus extremely susceptible to spiritual influences both good and bad!!
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What is Theosophy?
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​Theosophical logo above showing the serpent (
ouroboros) eating its tail, the interlaced black and white triangles forming a pentagram, the Egyptian ankh (cross), the Tibetan swastika, and the Hindu aum.
 

Theosophy: Meaning 'God-Wisdom' is an esoteric, occult movement originating in the 19th century with roots that can be traced back to Gnosticism, Neoplatonism and ancient Babylon mystery religion.

This is a very basic definition of what Theosophy is according to one encyclopaedia but falls far short of describing the nature of Theosophy, it's sources and the impact its teachings have had on society and the world. There is a secret plan here which has been kept hidden in plain sight that continues to evolve and slowly saturate art, culture and politics with corruption and evil never before seen in world history!

I will attempt to explain in simple terms the effects of Theosophical ideas on art and culture because the snake has indeed come full circle 6000 years later!!
 
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The Theosophical website displays their motto prominently!

It states:  There is no Religion higher than Truth.

This seems initially to be a profound and serious statement but it is instead immediately obscure and nonsensical because truth is a concept not a religion and is based in fact or reality. Religion is a system(s) of belief and worship of what may be either true or untrue. This is the problem; the motto doesn't make sense and from there it gets worse!

What this motto really means is: Theosophy, which is a religion (make no mistake about it), is the truth and true but above all religions, true or untrue!

​This is the claim essentially.
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​The 3 stated goals of the Theosophical society are:

1) To form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity, without distinction of     race, creed, sex, caste, or colour.
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2) To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy, and science.


3) To investigate unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in human               beings.

To the naive and uninitiated these 3 goals seem innocent and rather innocuous but upon closer scrutiny you'll see that the whole philosophy of mysticism built on them is a deep rabbit hole of lies and deception and the hateful antagonism against a loving God is vicious and malevolent. Please check the facts for yourself!

The whole world has been infiltrated and deceived big time by occult Theosophy! 
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A Short History


​This movement was founded in New York in 1875 by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (HPB), Henry Steel Olcott and William Quan Judge but Blavatsky is the key figure having written the foundational tenets of this religion in 'Isis Unveiled' 1877 and 'The Secret Doctrine' in 1888. 

Other very important figures are PD Ouspensky, Annie Besant, Alice Bailey, Katherine Tingley, Rev. Charles Webster Leadbeater and Jiddu Krishnamurti. Together, this group of people succeeded in launching Eastern philosophy into the Western mainstream channeling the teachings of so called Tibetan ascended masters (demons) and subsequently birthing what is now known as the New Age movement. Today, it is safe to say that Theosophy has given rise to more than 100 religious movements including, the Alice Bailey movement (Arcane School), the I Am movement, the Church Universal and Triumphant, and the Liberal Catholic Church. It is the teachings of 'demons' (spirits).

Together with many secret societies such as the Freemasons, Rosicrucians and OTO, the Theosophists (think; New World Order) are planning to totally subvert and corrupt social morals, destroy sovereign governments, (through the UN) merge all religions into one (this is happening right now: World Council of Churches) and create total social control of the minds and hearts of men under one world superman or dictator generally known as the 'Antichrist.'

Notes on Lucifer:

Lucifer, also known as Satan, Beelzebub, Prince of Darkness, the Devil, Abaddon, Apollyon, Belial, the Dragon, the god of this age, Leviathon, the serpent and the wicked one
, was one of 3 archangels in heaven but he became proud wanting to 'be' God so rebelled and made war against God, leading 1/3 of the angels in heaven in his revolt. For this treasonous act he was expelled from heaven by God with his angels and cast down to the Earth where he awaits final judgement at the end of time. It is this powerful demonic hierarchy that is responsible for every assault against mankind, the pinnacle of God's creation, in an all out effort to turn humanity away from God and destroy it. Yes reader, Lucifer hates you intensely simply because God loves you!!

Be warned!! Satan is a beautiful shape-shifter, powerful and incredibly dangerous!
He comes as an 'angel of light' in order to deceive. Don't play around with spirits, they will kill you after they're finished with you!!

Every occult practitioner and society including Theosophy, Freemasonry, sorcerers (magicians), wizards, witches, satanists and shamans of every kind give their allegiance and worship to this evil angel.


Important Note:

To the Theosophist / Luciferian / Freemason; 
Satan / Lucifer is the good guy who came and broke Adam and Eve out of their paradise prison. To them he is the so called light bearer who brings illumination (spiritual wisdom). They believe cruel God kept Adam and Eve stupid and caged. Prisoners in a paradise? This idea is irrational!

It is necessary to understand that Theosophy inverts everything Biblical and attempts to institute an alternate plan to God's original plan for man. These people wilfully ignore what the Bible says about Satan and his evil nature. They are wilfully blind to see that he is the great deceiver and destroyer, not the champion of man. He hates mankind!!!

H P Blavatsky wrote in, 'The Secret Doctrine,' "Lucifer represents.. Life.. Thought.. Progress.. Civilization.. Liberty.. Independence.. Lucifer is the Logos.. the Serpent, the Savior." pages 171, 225, 255 (Volume II)

"It is Satan who is the God of our planet and the only God." pages 215, 216, 220, 245, 255, 533, (Volume I)

"The Celestial Virgin which thus becomes the Mother of Gods and Devils at one and the same time; for she is the ever-loving beneficent Deity...but in antiquity and reality Lucifer or Luciferius is the name. Lucifer is divine and terrestrial Light, 'the Holy Ghost' and 'Satan' at one and the same time." page 539

Blavatsky inverts everything the Bible says in defiance of God!

I doubt if the intent in her writing could be any clearer!

Satan is the powerful angel who has masterminded the rise and fall of ancient empires and through war, all the death and destruction in history!


The impact of secret societies on Christianity over the last 135 years is incalculable. They have been instrumental in opening demonic portals by their satanic rituals, human blood sacrifices and the resulting wave of supernatural phenomenon including UFO's, all over the Earth during the last century. There is extensive documented proof that the aggressive evangelism of their Satanic teachings has resulted in a basically immoral, dumbed down, secular society, brainwashed and ignorant of the Luciferian NWO tyranny that occultists have been ushering into existence! People have been deceived into believing this Aquarian Golden Age will be a utopia of love, peace and tolerance. 
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In reality, it will be exactly the opposite; a horrible living hell on Earth!!

The writings of the key leaders of this movement reveal the true intent, again, 'hidden in plain sight'. Read more Here and Here.

Read about the goals of the Luciferian Doctrine Here.

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The video below is a documentary explaining the history and intent of Theosophy!


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So, What Does Theosophy Have to Do With Art?


A really good question! Is art innocent?

During the mid to late 1800's in Europe many educated, cultured and wealthy people began hoping for a new world future, a 'golden age.' Secular evolutionist and atheistic thought was permeating the middle class and swaying many of the artists, teachers and politicians of the time. A veritable who's who list of notable people of influence joined forces with H P Blavatsky in her Luciferian Theosophical enterprise. It must have seemed mysterious and alluring to many and an opportunity to change the world for the better! This movement really accelerated after the horror of WW1.

​Were they all stupid or unknowing? Were they naive?

​Not so, they made a conscious choice to embrace these occult teachings!

​A short list:

Artists: (painters) Rukmini Devi Arundale, Hilma af Klint, Piet Mondriaan, Beatrice Wood, Paul Gauguin, Vassily Kandinsky, Gutzon Borglum, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Paul Klee, Nicholas Roerich, Harris, Lawren, Alex Grey, Kazimir Malevich
 
Musicians: Cyril Scott, Gustav Mahler, Jean Sibelius, Alexander Nikolaievitch Scriabin, Elvis Presley, Ruth Crawford-Seeg, Dane Rudhyar
 
Writers: Lyman Frank Baum, James Henry Cousins, Robert Duncan, William Butler Yeats, George W. Russell, Talbot Mundy, Sir Edwin Arnold, Lewis Carroll, Kahlil Gibran, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Maeterlinck, Algernon Blackwood, Jack London, E. M. Forster, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, Henry Miller, John Boyton Priestley, Thornton Wilder, Kurt Vonnegut, Sir Thomas (Tom) Stoppard

This list doesn't include any of the architects, psychologists, politicians, scientists and inventors, actors, feminists or religious figures involved in the movement who used their power and influence to re-engineer societies around the world toward their New World Order.

For a more comprehensive list click Here.

You will be astounded at the major international figures who were then and are now openly professing Theosophists, Freemasons or Satanists!
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Theosophy's Influence on Art


So how does Theosophy affect art you ask?

First of all, i repeat, Theosophy is a religion with Satan (Lucifer) as its 'god' of worship. The goal of this religion is to kill off Christianity because Jesus Christ is seen as an obstacle to bringing in their Aquarian paradigm with its new world leader/messiah called "Maitreya." It is impossible to calculate an actual start to the 'astrological age of Aquarius' nevertheless the occult agenda has worked hard to get it started. Many false claims were made about 2012 with tremendous sensationalism and hype about this date in the media and Hollywood and its supposed link to the Mayan calendar and the end of the world. The truth is, no one knows!!

Nevertheless, this religion has been working overtime through artists and their art to subvert the old or traditional and destroy Biblical 'Truth' and morality in order to usher in the neo pagan age of love and unity!


Secondly, this religion embodies a range of practices/teachings which emanate from Eastern philosophy such as channeling spirits (Spiritism), meditation (TM), karma, reincarnation, astral travel, astrology (zodiac), monism (oneism), pantheism, esotericism (secret exclusive teachings), yoga and the central idea of an aquarian utopia where man is 'god.' These have infiltrated every facet of society today but it wasn't always so. As recent as 60 years ago these practices were very uncommon and regarded as threatening and subversive. Art has been used as yet another vehicle by which to insert these occult practices into mainstream life step by step over decades and in order to gain their wider acceptance by an increasingly duped and apostate public.  

Finally, the art schools and artists who embrace/practice/teach these ideas work tirelessly at incorporating them into art programs and artwork. Today, art has been totally hijacked by ideologies that form a dialogue based on idea/concept not form/aesthetic. We have an art today steeped in occult ideas. This has been escalating over the last 150 years and is now fully fledged. Go ahead; follow the art dialogue and hear artist's openly admit that occult philosophies are the inspiration for their inventions. Today Luciferian art is everywhere and it is contributing to the gradual descent of humanity away from the true 'light' and into chaos and darkness. 

Gods warning against participation in the above occult activities:

"But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." Revelations 21:8

Maybe the musical 'Hair' which premiered on Broadway in 1968 sent out the greatest ripples throughout society worldwide with its anti-establishment values and promotion of sexual freedom, nudity, drugs, tribalism, astrology, environmentalism, pacifism and New Age constructs. It was a key vehicle in the wider dissemination of Theosophical occult concepts.   

Without question, the 20th century was the most violent, darkest and bloodiest century in human history. Ideologies like Fascism, Communism which is just another term for (Sabbatean Frankism) and Nihilism were used to whip the masses into a demonic frenzy resulting in revolution, war and social manipulation that murdered more than a hundred million people. Many artists also died in the senseless carnage and insanity caused by this Luciferian endgame.

Yet, it was also a century of incredible cultural activity producing an explosion of diversity in art practice!!

This was not accidental!! It was all pre-planned and guided by the Luciferians.

​Don't think so? It's all documented. Read about it Here and Here!

Alice Bailey stated in her 10 point charter for social subversion taken from 'The Externalisation of The Hierarchy' written in 1934 and published in 1957:

"Debase Art and Make it Run Mad: Promote new forms of art which will corrupt and defile the imagination of people because art is the language of the spirit, that which is inside, you can bring out in painting, music, drama etc.​"

How much clearer can this evil agenda be spelled out? Please take time to read the other 9 points.

Bailey's charter is also now fundamental in the construction of new legislation and laws by Western Governments!!

Were you wondering why chaos and corruption has skyrocketed dramatically at all levels of society?  Now you know! The occultists embrace their key motto 'order out of chaos'! They create the chaos themselves, then impose their tyrannical order on the survivors!! Think wars, revolutions, protest movements and false flag attacks! They are making history repeat itself.


Today we have environmental art; green art / save the planet art (worship of Gaia / Mother Nature, (this is, witchcraft) the creation, not the creator), performance art; live acts, often abstruse, arcane or shocking in content,  body art; (worship the body and pleasure), neo pagan / primitive art; (worship the noble primitive indigenous native and his pagan, animistic beliefs), trans humanist art; (worship the evolution of man from human to machine/cyborg), feminist art;(worship the woman as a liberated careerist who chooses to eschew family and kill her unborn children; yes, abortion and feminism go together), food art; (worship food, drink and gluttony), pornographic art; (worship illicit and unnatural sexual perversions), LGBTI art; (worship perverted homosexual and transgender lifestyles) and the list goes on.

Do you think this explosion of new art forms was/is coincidental / accidental?  

​Not a chance!
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Dark occult forces saturate these new ideologies and in the minds of many have become a form of "dark truth" deceiving them into believing they are "gods!" Theosophy prised open the door to these satanic forces which are now enslaving the minds of artists everywhere. Artists happen to be more idealistic, intuitive (sensitive) and open to new ideas and so are seduced and captivated more easily by what appears to be new, inventive and exciting! In many ways artists are agents of change to social values whether through rebelliousness or as concerned citizens looking for a better way of representing 'life' and those 'values.' A return to respect for nature is good but not when nature becomes "god" resulting in an infatuation with technological tribalism, lawlessness and the embrace of social "unity" at any cost to 'save the planet!'

Theosophy promotes a one world system under one autocratic ruler with the destruction of most of the world population (termed; culling) and total control (enslavement) of all the people surviving at the end of the carnage. The dark forces behind Theosophy will have no pity on anyone who resists this New World Order ... they will be mercilessly exterminated, their property seized and their memory erased. They have confessed this openly many times in their writing.

Sound familiar? Think totalitarian dictatorships!! Think '1984' by Orwell and 'Brave New World' by Huxley. These books embody the Theosophist's dream!!

Think revolution, think war, think genocide, think Russia, (Lenin / Stalin), China, (Mao Tse Tung) Cambodia, (Pol Pot) Uganda, (Idi Amin) Congo, (King Leopold ii of Belgium) Armenia, (Enver Pasha) Vietnam, (France, USA, China) Korea, (Sth and Nth Korea) and Japan (Hirohito) amongst others in recent history and the many indigenous peoples exterminated across the world over the centuries so their lands could be stolen.

​This is the tragedy caused by evil ideologies and in particular Sabbatean Judaism, an abhorrent and virulent philosophy now pillaging the earth, having little regard for human life, despising all non Jews (goyim) and seeking to rule the Earth.


Occultic Syncretism in Art 

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Have another close look at art. Most of the art being produced today is by artists who practice the occult, adhere to occult beliefs or promote occult activities / agendas. Everything is being fused with anything and everything else!

In other words, artists produce art out of who they are and what they know!

Mainstream art has morphed via many 'isms' into a hybrid art monster; a mostly counterfeit art that many embrace as diversity in culture! A lot of it is vacuous, made to feed a commercial art juggernaut. Sadly, for the most part, art has become the Emperor without clothes, stripped of dignity and majesty!!


I haven't even had time and space here to get into 'Hollywood,' that monumental cesspool of satanic propaganda spewing out film after film into the world promoting deception, intolerance and violent aggression toward everything that is truthful, wholesome and pure. Hollywood movies have come to represent art at its darkest, appealing to the violence and rebellion in the hearts of men and women everywhere and encouraging selfish, perverted lifestyles.

The most dangerous movies though, are the animations, comedies and romance films that subtly mock God, godliness, purity, beauty and devotion and much of it is targeted toward the innocent and tender young minds of children in order to desensitise and sexualise them at an early age. 

Is this the purpose of films and art? To debase and corrupt society? This is not cultural advancement, it is psychological exploitation and cultural degradation at its worst!!

Nearly every movie propagandises the same satanic, Crowleyan tenet; 'Do what thou wilt, shall be the whole of the law.' Endless repetition of this same mantra encouraging rebellion in movie after movie; 'listen to your heart,' 'follow your heart,' trust only your heart' 'do what you want' leading the young inexorably into the hedonistic New Age cult of, 'I Am God' and i trust only in myself! 

This is the original lie from Lucifer to Eve in the garden so long ago and he's still using it to deceive people today except now it's perpetrated en masse!!

He said: 
"For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."  Genesis 3:5 

It's been a horrible, bloody slide down the slippery slope since then but i fear the worst is still yet to come. 

Theosophy was and is the ancient root, source and satanic womb renewed that gave birth to this dark child, this dark force, this ancient lie driving the current world system of art, culture and politics!!

The people of the world have been and are being warned about what is coming through the propaganda art machine. It would be wise to wake up and pay attention to what the controllers are saying!

Read: 'The Occult Roots of Modern Art', Here.

Read about the Lucis Trust and its aim to use the UN, to destroy civilisation, Here
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Art and Ideology

2/10/2016

 

When Art Becomes a Tool for Propaganda


​Ok, for those who haven't had the chance to read my last post, i recommend that you do so before reading this. Simply, the last post lays down some very basic groundwork for what is contained in this one. Believe me, it will help contextualise things for you!

If you have read the last post then you're probably thinking, why are you writing about these things? give me some levity, tell me something that tickles my ears, makes me feel good and lulls me to sleep. I understand, but unfortunately i'm concerned because art and culture have been hijacked by a malevolent system of control which utilises ideology for the purpose of social engineering by controlling society through psychological warfare!

For example, the Tavistock Institute has been responsible for the propagation of destructive social ideologies through it's insidious network of agencies since the 1930's. They created the Beatles psy-op, the 60's youth rock n roll free love and drug culture and the New Age fantasy in order to delude and detour a whole generation of disaffected young people away from Christian beliefs and morality toward anarchy and neo pagan philosophies. None of this was an accident ... all pre planned!! Western Society has been sliding downhill ever since and is now on the verge of total annihilation! Still think everything's ok? Have a closer look!

I believe it is the moral and ethical responsibility of everyone and in particular artists to alert and inform others about what is going on in the world. If you think living in a bubble and ignoring what's going on is alright and that everything will ultimately be alright, fine, you're entitled to believe that but personally i believe you're living dangerously! I'll proceed to outline why i think this is so and why no matter how bad the news is, it is better to know and understand!!!!!
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History, Society and Art


​I want to list a few points here about what has happened with art and society in the last 500 years. Remember, prior to that, art was utilised by different societies primarily for religious purposes. I mean, since the beginning of time! 

An understanding of history is absolutely critical to understanding how we got to where we are today. If you hate or are bored by history then you need to reconsider your attitude!

Remember, Knowledge Is Power!!!!


  • Art and cultural production is always controlled by the rulers of society because of its power to emancipate and emancipation is always a threat to elite domination and control of the masses!!!
  • The pseudo christian (false) Roman Catholic religio-political system was gradually forced to relinquish control of cultural production from about 500 years ago in Europe as the Protestant Reformation (starting 1517) brought biblical truth and personal and social freedoms back to the people (yes it did!) Independent artists and craftsmen were free to work unhindered by the Catholic Church.
  • During the Reformation, freedom of expression in art and culture was encouraged and flourished for approximately 200 years until around 1715 when the Age of Enlightenment is said to have begun. Pls check out all the wonderful art from this period and be amazed!!! Huge advances were made.
  • The counter-reformation waged between 1545 and 1648 was a serious attempt by the Roman Catholic church to destroy the freedoms won by European societies and regain total political control.
  • It is important to note here that the Enlightenment or Age of Reason as it is also known, was only possible because of the religious and social freedom provided through the Protestant Reformation and restoration of Biblical morality and truth.
  • During the Enlightenment period (roughly 80-100 years) art continued to flourish but was increasingly co-opted by pseudo scientific (false) thought into the 19th century, peaking with the notion of Evolution posited by Charles Darwin.
  • During the period between 1715 and 1882 with the death of Darwin, European nations experienced increasingly violent assaults against them by the Jesuits (crypto-Jews) who sought to undermine their sovereignty through successive  wars and debt and bring them back under the control of Rome.
  • Art and culture continued to innovate and morph in the face of the demands of new secular philosophies / ideologies invented by Judaeo / Masonic thinkers such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Marx with the result that art became increasingly politicised  and burdened with ideology.
  • From 1882 to the present day, art has gradually been enslaved to ideologies like Marxism, Evolution, Feminism, Nihilism, Queer theory, Psychoanalysis, Trans-humanism, Atheistic Humanism, Multiculturalism, Neo Paganism and Primitivism to name a few!
  • Eventually art was co-opted by the ruling elites through humanistic ideologies taught in art schools to unwitting students who then went out and propagated an art that was often empty, cynical, nihilistic or devoid of beauty!
  • The result of this is, the almost complete ideological and cultural brainwashing of the people of the world: art working in tandem with the mass media propaganda system, i.e TV, Radio, Internet and Hollywood. All these are owned and operated by the Judaeo / Masonic rulers of the world!!!!!!!

Why Art Has Nothing to Do With Ideology


​Ok, so at this point you're probably thinking, what? It's too fantastic! What a story, blah, blah! If this is the first time you've ever heard this, i don't blame you for reacting. My response to you is, check it out, do some research for yourself and settle the matter personally. A good library or Internet source will fill in the blanks and reveal that i'm telling the truth!

Art has been co-opted into carrying ideological baggage it was never meant to carry.
When art is viewed on its own terms, it is seen and experienced by any viewer for what it is ... an aesthetic object composed of a range of media and presented in a space of some kind. Art isn't political no matter how politically minded the artist who created it is. There is no message in the art other than what the viewer brings to it. Pictures and objects lose their original intended meaning over time when they are separated from that recorded information or story. This has been demonstrated time and again to be true throughout history. 

It is the height of arrogance to insist that art means this and that, yet when it is removed to another cultural context those meanings disappear and are not even obvious to the viewers. This is why artists today are killing each other to get their work into museums where the meaning is fixed and the viewers will be instructed on how to see and understand what they are looking at, i.e the guided museum tour, catalogs/books or machine with recorded story and headphones.

Ideologies have been strapped to art by elite rationalists in order to make it novel, obfuscate aesthetic experience and extend the market, turning artistic production into a grand business in which only the elites can indulge and where profits go into the stratosphere! Art has nothing to do with feminism or psychoanalysis or nihilism.  These labels are all a malicious ploy to hoodwink artists and the general consumer into believing art is a special activity engaged in by the educated and those in the know! It keeps the art machine rolling and lends credibility to any art activity they promote no matter how outlandish or absurd it may be!
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Art's Unheard Cry


​Art cries out " stop, stand still, sit, look, spend time with me, touch me, feel me, learn from me" yet few hear or respond because they're so busy! Busy running around, busy listening to other opinions, busy trying to get done quickly, busy thinking about the next distraction, busy, busy, busy!! Art releases its secrets in a personal way, through its aesthetic properties, slowly, oh, so slowly, over time, even a lifetime, but few are willing to wait!

These secrets are unspoken, transmitted over time, through the rhythm of line, shape, colour, texture, pattern and sound. Where's the ideology? There's no ideology! Just the pure pleasure of transference of understanding as if by osmosis from an object that has "become" and "is" and "will be" all things to all people forever. Wow!! No ideologies.

So, maybe, now, you can see the problem today. Art has been made mute and subservient to the ideological messages superimposed on the created object. People are distracted by the art story in a world obsessed by story telling. The secret life of the art object isn't felt or understood because of the fanfare and razzamatazz and hullabaloo of the art circus charade with its smoke and mirrors presentation and illusion like the Wizard in the Wizard of Oz!!

Am i being unfair, discourteous? I don't think so. The art industry has become a gross, bloated corpse feeding off itself with little regard for art because art has just become a commodity by which to accrue status and wealth! All the while ideologues and ideologies like parasites are sucking the life out of art turning the creative act and beauty into an act of prostitution, making and milking it for wealth and status! Most artists are simply rejected, used or their art stolen; only a few sycophants will benefit, in collusion with the controllers.

​Let me ask here; who's defending the right of art to speak for itself?
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The Difficulty of Beauty in Art


​What then, is there that art has to offer, you may well ask? My short and simple answer is, the beauty and mystery of the human imagination, emotions and intellect displayed in the act of making something! That's it! Art is the culmination of the creative human processes at work. Something has been made by someone! We look and wonder at the thing that has arrived out of some mysterious place as if it was a visitor from a parallel universe. The art thing challenges us by its strange "thingness" and in an attempt to understand it we begin to measure what we know, against what we don't know. This is the purpose of art; to remind us of what we don't know!

Beauty has been castigated, lampooned and persecuted mercilessly by rationalists over the last 150 years. For hundreds of years artists have sought the freedom to make with freedom but have been hounded by the controllers who have worked relentlessly to keep art docile and caged to dogma. Every attempt for freedom has been derided and subverted by those who see art as a threat to their control of minds and ideas. 

Eventually when the free market threatened to break art free in the late 19th century, the elites began to write about art as the experts and to again usurp control over its value and meaning. This early period of art criticism then gave way to an ideological stranglehold with art representing nihilism (Dada) or art representing Communism (Social Realism) or art representing female gender issues (Feminism) and so on.

Unfortunately, art never stood a chance because Marcel Duchamp hammered the final nail in the coffin with his readymade "Urinal" in 1917, (the exact same year as the Bolshevik Revolution which destroyed Russia, coincidence?) I don't think so. His declaration that art could be "anything" opened the floodgates to the Marxist view of art as banal, demystified and utilitarian commodity. The result; an art market today dominated by monumental, flashy, banal objects worth billions made by cynical, sycophantic careerists such as Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Anish Kapoor, and Paul McCarthy  and making these artists very wealthy elites, how ironic is that? For the most part banality has taken possession of beauty and the crowds are mesmerised like rabbits caught in the spotlight!

Sadly, many artists making beautiful art will never be known by a wider public.

The elites have been quick to usurp control at every juncture where art could become autonomous and threaten their stranglehold on the minds of the masses. The universities became the stronghold for "art education" where students were indoctrinated into these same ideologies that are now destroying civilisation and the planet, in particular, communism and feminism. This occurred from the 1940's on in the USA and Europe. Abstract Expressionism per se was probably one of the few outbreaks of art free of the clutches of the communists even though there is evidence that the CIA had a vested interest in this movement. It's interesting to note the high rate of suicides / fatalities among this loose group of artists, i.e Mark Rothko and Arshile Gorky. Just a coincidence? Maybe.

Every style from the 50's on has been groomed, articulated, curated to represent any number of ideologies and many of these artists became wealthy for the first time in history. Was this an agenda by elites to co-opt art history and the autonomy of art? Increasingly, certain artists were picked for support by museums, galleries and public funding groups. Today, everything is controlled. The artist must jump through ideological hoops in order to explain/justify why they should receive grant funding/consideration/support. There is no doubt that artists who toe the politically correct line will climb the ladder. It's all corrupt and geared towards specific, favoured agendas.

Currently it's slick but crass, in your face LGBT, feminist, neo-pagan trans-humanism that is in vogue and looks like being here for quite some time. Don't believe me? Do a quick online survey. You'll find that art has been imprisoned by ideologies. Art is not free to speak. A dialogue has been written for it by its handlers so that all may read and understand the official line quickly. Then move on please to the next piece because we're in a hurry to get to the bar for a drink. Stop and spend some time with the art long enough for it to whisper its secrets to you, nope, no time, read the label please and move on!

There's little doubt in my mind, art has been hijacked and taken prisoner to dangerously subversive ideologies that threaten the stability and harmony of the human race but you'll have to make up your own mind on this!

Why is this issue important? Art is the central pillar of human expression and freedom. Remove this and you have a politically correct, autocratic tyranny and a soulless and empty existence not worth living. I'm talking about all the arts here, music, dance, film, writing and art. Once art and politics have been totally subjugated say, to atheistic communist ideology, it's all over folks!
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Note:

Genuine art is instantly recognisable;
 beautiful, timeless and mysteriously autonomous, dialoging with and creating in the viewer an eternal dimension without a word being spoken!

Beautiful objects of emancipation!!!
 
Here's a little bit of further reading that might interest you!


https://newrepublic.com/article/118958/liberals-are-killing-art-insisting-its-always-political

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