Integral art

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**Integral Thought**
Integral thinkers: Haridas Chaudhuri Georg Feuerstein Jean Gebser Aurobindo Ghose Clare Graves Ervin László George Burr Leonard Michael Murphy William Irwin Thompson Ken Wilber
Integral themes: Evolution, Involution Integral art, Integral education, Integral psychology, Integral psychotherapy, Integral Transformative Practice Integral yoga
Influences on integral thought: James Mark Baldwin Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Stanislav Grof Edward Haskell Erich Jantsch Rupert Sheldrake Francisco Varela Arthur M. Young
Integral organizations: Cal. Inst. of Integral Studies

Integral art is can be variously defined as art that reaches across multiple quadrants and levels, that transcends and includes all limited forms, interpretations, or perspectives, as the belief that every human being is creative and that art is integral to all human endeavours, or simply as art that was created by someone who thinks or acts in an integral way.

1 A problem of definition
2 Integral artists
3 External links

[edit] A problem of definition

There is no one form of integral art, and although the term is most commonly applied in the Wilberian context, it is in no way limited to that paradigm or organisation. Integral art may equally derive from integral teachers like Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, or other integral thinkers, or simply developed integral art independently.

[edit] Integral artists

As with Integral thought in general, any list of Integral artists wil be controversial.

[edit] Integral artists influenced by Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

Michel Montecrossa is a musician, film director, cyberartist, and futurist, who established an Mirapuri, a New Age community in Northern Italy. He is author of the 12 part DVD series "Meditations on Savitri, based on Sri Aurobindo's epic poem

[edit] Integral artists influenced by Ken Wilber

Alex Grey (b. 1953) is a psychedelic visual artist whose works have been admired by Wilber and others. He painted a famous illustration of Wilber as the bodhisattva Manjushri, which (along with Brad Reynold's book where it appears) seems to have been instrumental in Wilber's apotheosis by some of his followers

Stuart Davis (b. 1971) is an eclectic musician whose works include the concept album Bright Apocalypse. Mystical and integral themes feature large in his lyrics. He is a follower of Ken Wilber

Saul Williams (b. 1972) is a hip-hop artist who is associated with the Integral Institute.

Wilber considers the Wachowski brothers' (b. 1965, 1967) Matrix films to convey important spiritual and philosophical truths. With philosopher Cornel West, Wilber has released a DVD commentary track on the series, which is available in The Ultimate Matrix Collection.

[edit] Original Integral artists

Johannes Wallmann (b. 1952) is a composer and integral musician

Matthew Dallman (b. 1974), is an artist, musician, philosopher, and former director of Integral University's Integral Art Center, now independently produces music, poetry, and integral philosophy[1]. He is no longer associated with the Wilberian movement and has developed his own unique approach to Integral art, called Polysemy.