>As anyone who has had good sex knows [...]

High school tier literature.

This is really good and inspiring writing. I love it.

> Art is guided meditation.

From the daydream that is described thereafter, “guided hallucination” would seem more fitting.

I’m not saying that it’s a bad thing, just that what is being described is different from meditation.

The part about good art not being about communication is just plain wrong. Good artists (and yes you can argue that art is subjective) spend thousands of hours studying the fundamentals—perspective,light,colour,value,proportion,anatomy, not to mention the dexterity to making a line—so that they can communicate to the viewer in the best way that suits the piece of art.

Sustaining the attention on an art piece unlocks things that you missed the first time due to having an untrained eye, much like reading a good book.

congratulations you’ve discovered meditation

So true, my dog loves chasing her own tail.

Weird unnecessary title editing, the “and bloom” part is necessary to the title. Sometimes I don’t know if the title editors here are just bored.

Attention leads to consciousness, consciousness leads bliss. This is the whole goal of yoga, meditation and eastern spirituality.