POSITIVE POSSIBILITIES LIVING
POSITIVE POSSIBILITIES LIVING
ART
As Soul Food
Beyond this more analytic
approach to art, we need
to explore the power of
intention and consciousness and what those do
to the creative process.
For example, what makes
the same singer have different recordings of a
song and one makes your
spine tingle and the other
one leaves you flat?
All art communicates,
whether it is done through
narrative, colour, light,
mood or vibration. After
we have spent time with a
work of art, we either feel
we have been touched
or not. Why then does certain art make us feel invigorated and others depleted? Why do certain songs
have us tapping our feet
but wanting to run out of
the room?
Art can
nourish the
spirit in ways
that are
universal.
Creativity ultimately is a personal thing. We each
have unique taste. We will respond differently to
various artistic expressions. Some will feel boosted
while others deflated by the same work of art. But
deeper than perception, art can nourish the spirit
in ways that are universal.
Musicology and music therapy show us that certain
sounds can cause a universal response.The same is
true for dancers. Certain physical expressions will
emit the emotion of hope where as others will communicate despair. Bringing the various emotional
expressions into a choreographed piece will communicate the overall message of the artist. And the
same would follow for painters, filmmakers, writers,
etc.
I believe that the power of
intention is at least in part
responsible for how music
makes me feel. My life is
dedicated to a spiritual
honesty. I am therefore
more likely to resonate
with music that communicates sincerity and supports evolution, connec-
tion and expansion than
music that comes from
the ego. I find the style of
music does not matter as
much as the creative intention.
In art, there is both the personal and the transpersonal. To me, powerful art
is where the artist touches
the realm of the transpersonal, when it goes beyond the ego of the
creator(s) and accesses
the timeless and eternal.
Great art can become
a vehicle to cultivate our
human potential. It can
remind us of our divinity.
It can help guide our way
home. It can help dissolve
the ego so that we may
be rooted in selflessness.
I know that the creative
process, whether conscious or not, taps into a
collective field of energy,
to such an extent that literally what we each do,
think and create both reflects and shifts the directive of our collective consciousness as a whole. I
believe that we each
have the responsibility to
manage our energy and
learning to rest in rooted,
vital expansion. I can see
this need for personal responsibility in the power
our media has to affect
all of our lives. Our media
is a reflection of who we
are. If we were an enlightened society, our media
would reflect that consciousness.
Because of the power of
the media, I feel that the
role and corresponding
responsibility of the artist throughout history has
never been more potent.
Through the conscious
co-creation between the
artist’s inner inspiration
and the collective field
of consciousness, artists
have the ability to assist a
shift in human consciousness, if they so choose.
I have consciously chosen
to weave together my
love of yogic consciousness, and of electronic,
dance pop. What is your
joy? Tap in to the collective energy field and support the shift to the positive possibilities. These are
exciting times.
Parvati Devi is the editor-in-chief of Parvati Magazine. In addition to
being an internationally acclaimed Canadian singer, songwriter, producer
and performer, she is a yoga teacher and holistic educator. Having
studied yoga and meditation since 1987, Parvati developed her own yoga
teaching style called YEMTM Yoga as Energy Medicine. Her current shows,
“YIN: Yoga In the Nightclub” and “Natamba” bring forward a conscious
energy into the pop mainstream. Her book “Confessions of a Former Yoga
Junkie” is a road map to a revolutionary life makeover for sincere spiritual
seekers.
For more information on Parvati, please visit www.parvati.tv.