Some of the earliest knowledge extant forms of human expression of creativity understood as art are first seen from prehistoric cultures in cave paintings, votive statues, and early burial sites. It cannot be know for certain what purpose these expressions served. The painting depicts very crude man with animal heads, an early small votive statue is a woman fully fecund with exaggerated breasts, the burial sight is hypothetically linked with astrology. The cave dweller’s existence depended on the hunt- to bear the head of the beast was intent to acquire supernatural abilities. The fecund votive figure hoped to serve in encouraging fertility, the burial sight looked to the stars searching for reality. The cave dweller sought power, the woman sought ability, the ancients sought knowledge- they all sought truth.
Today, artists create myriad forms of expression contextualized with myriad ideologies. The conceptual artist may use light evoking a range of sensibilities from microphysics to limitlessness. The abstract painter may use a wealth of color and bold frenzied strokes while adhering to a balanced and harmonious composition inspiring an open door of interpretation. A performance artist may use an umbrella to hide from the world she fears and she believes fears her- her only means of defense being an iPhone. The conceptual artist seeks thought, the painter seeks equanimity, the performance artist seeks reality- they all seek truth.
The aesthetic of the Mormon Existentialist believes in an art historical tradition grounded in humanism that sought and still seeks truth.
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