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and whatfor’s, he may accomplish, but much of his intellect will be
lost in the fighting of doubt. ;
It is to the artist’s benefit to leave all negative considerations to the
amateur. The strength of positive expression, resting on logic and
reason is of genius. at Ate
Geniuses are the unchosen leaders of mankind's artistic development.
Has ever a leader succeeded who did not perfectly well know what
to do, why to do it, and how?
Knowledge is the keystone to completeness in expression. _
Any incomplete creation is due to lack of complete realization of
what completeness consists of.
Some may be satisfied to know art by what it is not, but the direct
road even if it does start with the acceptance of axioms out of the
infinite, is the best road. Correct axioms are demonstrable.
The infinite qualities of art cannot be explained by starting on a
material base, but matter may be dematerialized by accepting infinite
axioms.
Chaos belongs to matter, it is an external consequence of matter.
Reason is its internal opposite.
Reason is positive in quality, matter negative. Chaos is only appear-
ance, reason IS.
If one has established through reason and analysis firm contact of
one’s individual mentality with the infinite laws of life, one has
created the correct attitude essential to artistic self-expression in the
material appearance of fine art.
Appearance is not essence, appearances nowadays specially are made
up.
Essence, because mental, is the true substance of lasting self-expres-
sion. It will last according to the completeness of this realization.
The voice of art in the west, is the voice of one crying in the wilder-
ness.
Therefore those with strong voices: cry and cry and cry again.

J. VANDERPANT.
SPRING

A slender crescent in the sky,

A harvest moon by and by,

Budding of the hawthorn tree

Beside the door of you and me,

Shadows may be down the road,

Yet there’s turnings on ahead—

Life and love’s a game to-day,

O come, beloved, come and play. ROWENA GROSS.

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