By: Alex Grey
Intro:
The Mission of Art is a philosophical text about what art is about.
Written by Alex Grey, a mystic visionary artist, it makes a monumental case that throughout history, the arc of art is actually a record, and means, of the evolution of consciousness.
After the astounding psychedelic experience of an “infinite ‘web of life’ in which I was one node of life intrinsically woven into infinite others,” as I wrote in a notebook later that day, Alex’s artwork became a remarkable means of describing that ineffable experience to others (see Net of Being, Rainbow Eye Ripple, and Order). The Mission of Art puts into words the philosophy and perspective underlying those transcendent works of art.
One need not be an artist to resonate and perhaps even be transformed by a piece of art and one need not be an artist to resonate and perhaps even be transformed by this book.
Some of my highest flying perspectives, intuitions, and aims were both altered and affirmed.