The Arts

“Just as our world benefits from the proper place and integration of science, so also it hungers and thirsts for beauty. And so much of beauty is created and discovered in the aesthetic. Nowhere does the power and grace of interpersonal neurobiology speak more eloquently than in and through the arts. For it is in drama, painting, music, sculpture, poetry, and dance (just to name a few) that activate the resonance circuits of the right hemisphere and weave a deeply felt sense of meaning into the more logical tapestry of the left brain. As such, the arts have the potential to facilitate the integration of our minds. Perhaps they do so because they reflect our Creator’s beauty, not unlike so many wonders we observe in the natural universe.

            Few of us spend enough time paying attention to beauty. When we do-and resist the temptation to exploit it-it will transform us as no left-mode-only experience can. In fact, employing genuinely meaningful aesthetics in our lives will advance the possibility for integration in our minds.” Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson

For me, this is a wow quote!!!