“The Less the Artist Does, the Better”
All activities – including art, of course – are the result of Guidance. And the extent to which the artist’s ego intrudes is also Guided.
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Video: The Hand-in-Hand Music Program
A remarkable example of altruism in music: the Hand-in-Hand Program at the Australian National University in Canberra. From the "Music for Healing" series of informal talks. See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube channel.
“The Power of a Black Dot”
Simple
and Still,
and Infinite.
A dot is still and simple and infinite.
Consider a black dot – singular – on a sheet of white paper.
“The Notes That Must Be Obeyed”
When the usual musician plays music, or sings it, or even dances to it – or even when just listening to it – he is constantly thinking of the notes. The notes that must be obeyed.
Video: Painting – The Power of the Dot
Dr. Diamond discusses the therapeutic power of this most simple of devices. From the "Art for Healing" series of informal talks. See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube channel.
“Little Boy Lost – and Found”
On a busy street the little boy has lost his mother. He runs towards one mother – then stops because she’s not her. And then another. And another. Becoming ever more desperate.
And then he sees her and runs to her – arms open, smiling.
“Before Image, Only Movement”
Su Tung-p’o, the great painter and poet of the Song dynasty, stated that “To judge a picture by its resemblance is to have the critical faculty of a child.”
Video: What Did Beethoven Really Want to Write?
What at the deepest level did Beethoven really want to compose? Dr. Diamond discusses. From the "Music for Healing" series of informal talks. See more videos by Dr Diamond on his YouTube channel.
“Robert Fulford recommended ‘Blueprint for Immortality’ by Harold Burr”
My old friend, Robert Fulford, the great cranial osteopath, so often recommended Blueprint for Immortality by Harold Burr. For over forty years, Burr recorded the voltage changes in trees, not only with sunlight and darkness but also cycles of the moon, etc.
And his colleague the psychiatrist Leonard Ravitz demonstrated voltage changes in his patients.
“Always the Feeling of the Movement”
Do I pre-visualize what I am about to paint? Not at all.