Concerning the Spiritual in Art - The Way of Kandinsky
As a visual - arts student who is interested in abstract painting, I spend most of my time trying to reason my decisions and understand the roots of my creative actions. The only thing I am certain about is that I have the urge to create. Create anything of my interest but mostly art. There is a deep feeling inside of me that through my art I become able to communicate with others in a realm of feelings and emotions. This type of communication is different, different in terms of content that I cannot identify. I feel very lucky coming across this book, and seeing Kandinsky himself facing the exact same dilemmas. Reading from a painter who spent a lifetime thinking about art and seeing how he constituted a philosophical foundation to his abstract paintings felt like an enlightenment. In his book "Concerning the Spiritual in Art," Kandinsky explores the idea that art has the power to express and evoke spiritual experiences and emotions. He argues that this is achieved thro
