The Denver Jewish news., 1924-05-15
is ART A LUXURY?

yet anhropoogca of religion lives in each mans
with mysterious the atheist cannot
this He builds for himself the religion OF Atheism
Even primitive people all have a God.
With regard ar-the Beautiful in art is the same For
4 as long as mankind existed the Beautiful has
make people happy but for long
long m wise attempted to explain the mystery OF the
Beautiful 1t only the beginning Of the last century that
attempt made create philosophy of the Beautiful
Since that time explanations OF the mystery the
many you of ordinary education what the
Beautiful really is he becomes embarrassed and remains silent
explanation of this mystery would have
been the property of aspiring mind long ago. The
points Many have almost
ceeded gasng it, but when they believed they had hold it,
like them Each time which had hitherto
received only insufficient regard of the Beautiful In art
does the riddle the Sphinx This doubtless
blessing mankind Man loses interest in the known
the Beautiful Must Forever Remain Unknown Quantities
God and the Beautiful known quantities if their entity
could be conceived could read their definition the school
book would they not in time lose the awe
which they mpart to the superficial mind? Human beings incline
the enmaca the unknown attracts them strongly and they
happiness knowledge but always dreaming and
faith.
After much reflection God the Beautiful, there
when both conceptions united when the Beautiful
to be the Deity and mighty and God the sole Creator
and Revealer of Beauty.
philosopher ridicus such fantasies
rigid theoogians heresy they
lead the supposon that these conceptions of God and the
Beautiful might be nterecting circles the Beautiful the
smaller circle might concenray be held the of the
idea conception of God?
No God Conception Possible Without Beautiful
Be this it normal heart, and normal head will not
know God without the Beautiful the Beautiful without God
tho must be remembered that the ruer heart and the keener
head entitled regard God and the Beautiful from the or
astronomical point of view Thus we reach the conclusions
drawn from premises Man has natural claim ndsput
able right to satisfy not only his material but also his spiritual
wants He has innate longing for God and the Beautiful and
does not wish to be sustained only by religion but also by the bau
u IN art "hosoeVe depves hm OF this beauty with the excuse
that art luxury despo his soul and ourages his
dignity Providing the necessities of life alone Philanthropy
Wishes does not constitute happiness To be complete it must
ude gratitude Of God and the appreciation of the
Beautiful The cravings strong
the bodily
Man Cannot Exist With Full Stomach and Empty Heart
Man barely exists with full stomach and empty heart and
soul He who wants to make happy wishes
guard their real happiness the vcssudes of life
must provide them merely with but also with abodes
and unconscious longing for Where the peoples
ehenson Of art is still dormant where not yet awakened
has attained consciousness and become active is
open their they must be taught hear and feel order
with trained dogs and fire Art-real Artrue
holy Not only does the worship of God awaken strengthen
the pleasure that the Beautiful begets the other hand
cult Of the Beautiful is worship strengthens the heart
and elevaes from the of life tc
the starry sky of the ideal and eternal would be true
enlightened benefacor of mankind appease the peoples
hunger merely with bread but them beauty aso do not look
upon art luxury with which they dispense but essential
food for the moral well being of every human soul
Each member of State Communal Board ought to be
pressed with the thought that art luxury, but necessity
something Indispensable that the people
as heathu and sufficient material noushmen 1t is be deeply
regretted that the esthe the
so unaprecate where attempts made to them
that they should be abomnabe souldesroyng. 1t
surprising that the thus ethcay neglected the
minded and condng people should lose their ethical base and
teroate morally What these deerioraed deprived