Sarah Firth, The Artist’s Intentions

Poems about Art, By: Sri Chinmoy
“My Art is no art without my mind's simplicity. My Art does not want to subscribe to the view that unhappiness commands the world. When I paint or draw, I keep my mind's thought-garden completely free of self-doubt-weeds. My Art is the hide-and-seek between my soul's illumining smiles and my heart's streaming tears. The Artist in me has three faithful, sleepless and self-giving friends: a newness-eye, a oneness-heart and a fullness-life. The heart of my Art and the heart of a child are extremely fond of each other. They love each other deeply; they need each other constantly; they are interdependent, sleeplessly. My mind says that anything I do is too insignificant because I am wanting in qualification. Needless to say, this includes my Artwork. My heart says that anything I do is too significant because the God-Touch is always there. Needless to say, this includes my Artwork. The moment I start painting, I clearly see my soul-meditation is blessingfully clasping my heart-aspiration-flames. First things first: the Artist in me, before embarking on his Artwork, invariably catches his heart's aspiration-express. True, in my Art I want to see the face of earth's beauty. But I want to see the heart of Heaven's Divinity more, infinitely more.”
(http://www.srichinmoypoetry.com/poems_quote/poems_about_art/)
I read through this poem and to me what the artist is trying to say is that he has these entities and feelings and this love inside of his heart and inside of his soul. He wants to bring these things out in to reality so he can see them and marvel at them and share them with the world and art allows him to do that. In the process of doing so his art also filters out his fears and his self doubt and takes him out of the negative places in his heart. The art that comes from inside him gives him hope and fulfillment in a way that external things do not. I believe these feelings are synonymous with the experiences of many artists and illustrate the purpose of many artists’ creations. The artist is seeking completion from his art and desires to communicate what is in his soul.