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The arts offer badly needed therapy! ..they are usually less expensive than doctors and healthier than pills. The next time you are stressed out take a trip to a local gallery or two. Look around, take your time, take a deep breath, relax and enjoy what your seeing and hearing (this is probably a rare oasis ..enjoy it), and if you find something that moves you ..buy it, take it home, enjoy it and be grateful you found it. You now have years of stress reduction therapy right in front of you ..a major bargin at any price! If people would only slow their pace down a little bit, they could find or renew a tremendous enjoyment in the arts and it would make them healthier for it.
I remember being lost in a vast desert for years, going in one direction and then another only to realize I must go back the way I came, ..I must return to the lush landscape of my creative mind where the connection with the gods is cherished. ..and I am almost home. Thank you.
The world of industry and governments have tried their designs at utopia, but they have created imbalances in their societies and in nature, and with almost 6.5 billion people on Earth, perhaps it’s time to hear from the quiet creative forces of humanity ..from the artists. I am not saying they have the answers, but the artists’ contribution should be valued no less than the gears of industry or the hammers of government.
“My mother said to me, “If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope. Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.” – Pablo Picasso
“Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?” – Paul Gauguin
“Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure ..that of being “- Salvador Dali
RESOURCES & LINKS
12/08/04 – Art: The New Asset Class? . – PrudentBear.com
Investing in Art: A Guide to What Moves the Art Markets.
Jake Biddington’s Investing: Long-Term Investing: Art, Antiques & Collectibles, Short-Term Investing, Evaluating Quality in Contemporary Art, Art as Entertainment, and The Future Of The Art Market.
The Fine Art of Buying Fine Art: Make dealers your friends. – Bussiness Week
Art Sales Index: Graphs & Charts.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History.
“The most beautiful sensation to appreciate is the mystic. He to whom the emotion is strange, who no longer wonders and stands in awe, is as good as dead.” — Albert Einstein
