Play-acting and dramatization are forms of interactive learning. In a theater or drama class, for instance, a student may be asked to portray emotions like fear, anger, hope, or joy. These are exercises in knowing one’s self and identifying one’s emotions for what they really are. They are warm-ups to effective communication and free expression in the arts.
The interplay in esoteric art is very similar. There is a quiet but active interaction between the artist and you as the person looking at the artwork. The approach on the viewer is very individual. You as the viewer are literally being posed with a question that you alone can answer and face based on your own individual perception. The artist portrays a certain subject and you are invited to interpret this subject based on your own perception of reality. If the subject presented by the artist is a person, then you as the viewer may identify or inter-relate the posture or behavior of the subject with your own person, like you would with a mirror.
The esoteric artist must then be a strong individual if he or she were to act as a mirror. This artist must be honest and brave enough to deal with the subconscious and unconscious aspects of personality that are openly revealed to other people in his or her paintings. An esoteric artist must adhere not to what is trendy or fashionable, but to what is real and true.
Esoteric art is something of a psychological experience more than it is an emotional or intellectual one. Psychology basically tells you that your personality affects your behavior. Simply speaking, your thoughts and moods affect the way you react to events and situations around you. Our internal reality affects our external reality. What happens inside of us affects what happens outside of us. What we feel and think inside of us will become what we feel and think is going on outside of us. It is something like a chain reaction, wherein a positive play of good vibes within you will help reinforce good vibes in your environment.
In a way, esoteric art is a therapeutic medium towards healing some psychologically-based personality problems, especially in cases when there are unresolved issues within a person and there is still no closure on the past. It encourages you to take control of the situation rather than allowing the situation to control you. It sort of tells you that anything can happen and so whatever may happen, it is how you react to what happens which really matters in the end. It helps you believe that once you change something from the inside, you can change everything on the outside.
Esoteric art is meant to be a liberating experience, both for the artist and the viewer. The goal is always self-realization. Once an artist has portrayed an innermost reality and this long-forgotten memory has been triggered ie viewer, then an esoteric painting has truly realized its purpose for being.
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