Atman Art

The Art the Muslims banned,
and the Iconoclasts of old killed and died for.

All Art is combinations of two: Atman Art and Money's Art.

Atman Art moves the observer,
while with Money's Art the price of the art moves the observer
that most observers subconsciously attribute to the art instead of its money.

Atman Art moves us, entertains us, the Public. Moneys's Art also appears to move our feelings but what is actually moving us is its price-tag.

Wine gives us the perfect example of how the feelings, and even taste, of money deceives us: Numerous studies reveal that when money is not allowed to influence our opinion then often the cheapest wines taste the best, even to connoisseurs and wine experts. However: when a price is attached to a wine it influences its taste significantly: so much so that often the money that wine costs determines its taste and NOT the wine.

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while money can make wine feel, look, smell and even taste good
it can only make “art” look and feel good.
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Money makes art work like wine. The price connected to a piece of art always influences our feelings.
And if the price gets high enough
its potent feelings , like winning a lottery,
can make the feelings of all art totally meaningless.
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Decades ago most people could care less about the painting called Mona Lisa. Only after it was appraised for over a record million dollars in the 1960s  did the pubic start to stand in line more or less stunned with awe NOT with the painting but its price. Had the Mona Lisa deserved awe by itself then it would have got the same awe before its $1 million appraisal and not just after.

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Norman Rockwell painting: The Connoisseur
Atman Art or Money's Art?
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The feelings and sometimes the awe
we get from Money's Art
has NOTHING to do with the painting
and it CERTAINLY has nothing to do with its “art”
because it is all about its money.

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