Fraternity-Testvériség, 1963 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1963-12-01 / 12. szám
FRATERNITY 9 is God, therefore, every creation consequently should be radiated from His as the source of its existence . . -1 Art, motivated by beauty, is an integral part of the general progression of causes and effects that constitutes the universe. Art is an expression of thought and not of the impulse to create. This impulse alone is vain if not accompanied by thought. Finta, therefore, considered thought of primary importance in art and recommended that artists develop their minds. Impressions on the artist’s mind must always be progressive and based on science. In the cultural history of mankind, art has always developed parallel to science. Advancements in science prompt the development of art and the influence of the two is by nature mutual. For example, the idea of aviation was first conceived by an artist whose imaginative drawings of a primitive aircraft led scientists to develop and perfect the theory and means of flight. The creative artist shapes his thought into form, but to qualify as perfect art, the form must express every detail of the artist’s thought. Most persons admire merely the form and fail to perceive the idea expressed in it. To detect the fine shades of thought expressed in form, one must develop a feeling for art, and since perception is limited to experience, the understanding of art requires study. According to Finta, the scientific concept of space not only gives the artist a better understanding of the infinite nature of God, but also promotes realistic reproduction in art. He wrote: God exists in space, or we may say space is the volume of God, the first cause . . . The gifted artist is he who is enabled by the Creator to sense or feel space, he who is able to use the third dimension, mysticism, in 1 Alexander Finta, The Relation of Mind and Matter in Art, (unpublished pages read at his widow’s home, Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 26, 1958).
