Life Imitates Art: If I Am A Sage
If I Am A Sage
I know of an age old question that two seekers may ponder together. Does life imitate art or does art imitate life? Art is fantasy. Fantasy becomes reality. Life imitates art. Dreams and figments or figures of the imagination become real people, real things, real events, and real places. God, the Tao or the Sage speaks about such visions.
In the Bhagavad-Gita, one with a “great spirit” can experience “boundless divinity (624).” Much like memory, God gave me moments of clarity.
Art is fantasy. Motion pictures are art because they are fantasies. Hence, know how to open the door, and how to act when art, life, and divinity knocks. They are all workings of the human mind turned into something living and tangible. This is what permeates everything and is everything. Ideas start out as figures in our brains; they become tape, paper, film, and so forth.
God is an author when he creates the world. For example, the quote “let there be light” reminds me of manifest destiny (53). However, if the voice of creation is God then one must think about authority figures, teachers, elders, guardians who all speak with the voice of a creator. God said “let the waters bring forth abundantly” on the fourth day (53). This came down in the form of a hurricane. This dream come true experience absolutely reminds me of the Tao and the Sage.
Noah made an ark and God gave him detailed plans. Instead of telling me detailed plans like what type of wood an ark is to be made up of, the Lord knew I was merely making songs and videos. God did not give me detailed plans. God gave me natural ability to capture the divine in people; God granted me gifts to create sketches of the future. For me, life imitates