Chapter VI: Architecture

_a._ Like music’s, its appeal is to the emotions, without
definite sense or lifelikeness; but speaks as life itself.

_b._ To be complete, it must express outwardly its inner use and
meaning.

_c._ To be sincere, or true, it must express the spirit of land
and people.

[Note.—This ninth meeting might profitably be divided into
two.]

TENTH MEETING

_Shall We Make an Art of Life?_

I. TRUTH, GOODNESS AND BEAUTY, BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS BEAUTY, WHICH COMBINES THE OTHER TWO:

_a._ Science is knowledge of facts.

_b._ Philosophy is vision of truth or aim.

_c._ Art is using our knowledge to create what we seek. Action
and purpose.

II. ART IS SELF-EXPRESSION, CREATION, ACTION, RELATIONING:

_a._ All life, all being, is action, or self-expression.

_b._ All power in the world is imaginative, creative
thought-power:

1. All things must be imagined before they can be known
or done.

III. ALL GREAT ACTION, ALL GOODNESS, ALL POWER IN LIFE FOLLOWS THE SAME LAWS AS ART:

_a._ Therefore let us discover the laws of all arts, and see
whether they can be applied to life.