Giorgio Giulio Clovio was an artist freind of El Greco, although much older than him.
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Clovio reports visiting El Greco on a summer's day while the artist was still in Rome. El Greco was sitting in a darkened room, because he found the darkness more conducive to thought than the light of the day, which disturbed his "inner light". (quoted from M. Acton, Learning to Look at Paintings, p.82)
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The figures depicted in the El Greco paintings appear as if they are shining from within.
The inner light, when it comes from the painter, is the source for great originality.
In order to be unique you need to listen to your inner voice, rather than attend to what is being said and circulated around you.
A pursuer of inner light goes far, freed from the conventions of the day.
"The Opening of the Fifth Seal" by El Greco.
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"The Opening of the Fifth Seal" looks like a contemporary illustration. The touch is very vivid.
Uniqueness shows us universality as various new forms. We may need to receive reflection around us purely, then as you say in your book, have the inner light to unify. When we shine faintly, the light might inspire us with courage to explore.
In order to be unique you need to listen to your inner voice, rather than attend to what is being said and circulated around you.
.... and later, Dr Mogi states that: It is well advised to keep a sensible day job, while you maintain the extremist's activities at night. It fills me with indescribable joys to think that there are still extremists around.
For me, in order to be unique I need to listen to my inner voice. and then, sometimes I need to attend activities at night since I also want to meet extremists. ?m
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