There is much discussion of what art truly means, and how man differentates himself, vastly, from all other creation, by his assiduous working on all forms of art.
Can an animal make art? Can a fish make a sand sculpture? Watch this:
The video is mind-blowing. Didn't we say, long back in the Bhagavatam, that God manifested himself as the fish, or Matsya? And that he resurrected the Vedas. So not only knowldege, but even art, was known to the fish. As seen in this artwork of the humble pufferfish.
And that is why we see birds making song, trees making wondrous flowers, the sky arranging clouds in a wonderful origami. And butterflies, peacocks, kingfishers....
And Krishna says in the Bhagavadgita (vedabase.com) :
Bg 18.61
īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati
bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā
Word for word:
īśvaraḥ — the Supreme Lord; sarva-bhūtānām — of all living entities; hṛt-deśe — in the location of the heart;arjuna — O Arjuna; tiṣṭhati — resides; bhrāmayan — causing to travel; sarva-bhūtāni — all living entities; yantra— on a machine; ārūḍhani — being placed; māyayā — under the spell of material energy (or His creative energy).
Translation:
The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy (or His creative energy).
