BELIEVING AND KNOWING

having a belief about something is quite different from knowing something... a belief is a concept considered as truth by an act of faith - that is, the act of claiming truth by negating the use of reason... but REASON is that faculty which every human possesses which perceives, identifies, and INTEGRATES the materials provided by your senses... that is the function of your senses: to put you into contact with the world around you - and THAT IS ALL THAT THEY ARE THERE FOR, nothing else... ALL of your KNOWLEDGE, however, is acquired by the use of REASON - that is ITS function, its purpose, why you have it...

contemplation is an aspect of a person's consciousness, of a specific kind of consciousness - CONCEPTUAL consciousness...reason operates as conceptual consciousness... and this is where Art comes in, for Art is DERIVED from the fact that a person's kind of consciousness is conceptual [and, as an aside, why only sapients have or can have Art] - and that it is for the continuance of this conceptual consciousness that Art serves the need of, a PSYCHOLOGICAL need... the acquisition of knowledge, and the means of deciding specific directions of action, come not from perception, as is found in other animals - but by means of abstractions, concepts... as a consequence, the best way - indeed the only way - tp truly understanding what Art is and how to improve the practicing of it is thru keeping in mind the nature and function of concepts...