Guest guest Posted March 26, 2003 Report Share Posted March 26, 2003 Nice Picasso quote. In reference to Tantra, I've never studied it actually, but I believe I know the heart of tantra. That is the part that resists being pinned down by language ... Peace, Love and Poetic License, Cathie In a message dated 3/26/03 12:15:53 PM Mountain Standard Time, devi_bhakta writes: > "My only advice would be to heed the words of Picasso, who once said > something to the effect, "I consider myself free to smash the > conventions of Western art only because I have thoroughly mastered > the conventions of Western art." Because Picasso could paint a > portrait as realistic as a Rembrandt; he didn't choose to distort and > cube human bodies in his later work because didn't know how to paint > properly, but because he'd "been there, done that" with traditional > Western art, and now felt compelled to go somewhere new. The problem > today -- in both Indian and the West -- is that many people don't > want to invest the kind of time and effort to learn the real thing, > which is not especially easy, accessible, or 'sexy.' Instead, the > term "Tantra" is being used to sell a lot of easy, sex-centered, > made-for-Western-consumption, New Age schemes and belief systems." > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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