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without the ads. Welcome to the Joseph Goldstein Insight Hour. This podcast is an expression of our shared interest in

self-discovery. Join Joseph as he shares his deep practical wisdom. Tonight I'd like to talk about art, science, and the meditative journey.

Mostly about the meditative journey, but this, a little bit about art and science.

Some time ago, I was reading an article about the Russian artist Kendinsky.

And it was very interesting to me of course I heard his name and was a little

familiar with his paintings but really didn't know much about him at all. He

lived in the late 19th century, beginning of the 20th century Russian painter, and he was credited as being the first painter to paint purely abstract art.

And so the whole movement of abstract art

really came out of his creativity. When I was reading about his life I was

struck by the similarities between his life as an unfolding and developing artist and the path and insights of

meditation. There was some striking parallels. And it made me reflect that in a very

real way we are all artists. We are creating our lives on the canvas of the

world and when we do that with awareness, with understanding, we're expressing the same creativity as an artist does with paint or with music or with words.

The first step in both the development of an artist and the development of a

yogi of a meditator is developing a heightened awareness of the present moment.

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