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Intentional Art: Can art touch the divine to manifest our dreams?

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During my first week of work in a museum in New York City, I discovered a fascinating set of small sculptures on exhibition. Our curator of archaeology told me that these were votive offerings, imagery created with the intention of connecting with the divine. Quite simply, ancient societies offered these devotional objects as gifts to the Creator and as prayers for the fulfillment of dreams. Such exchanges of mortals seeking favor from the divine are features of ancient and modern societies. We … [Read more...]

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