Peter London

Painter, Art Therapist

Art
The essential function of art … is to become personally enlightened, wise, and whole. Then, as a consequence of the former function, the purpose of this wisdom, the purpose of art, is to make the community enlightened, wise, and whole.

Do not set stock in correct responses, in familiar ways, or in the ways of others. The solution to the problems posed in art do not lie outside in the realms of technique and formula; they reside in the realm of fresh thinking about perennial issues, in honest feelings and awakened spirit.
No More Secondhand Art: Awakening the Artist Within