This book offers a blueprint for the future of art, and shows how art can be a powerful influence for meaningful existence and positive attiudes in society. With insightful commentary on the great musicians, artists, and creative thinkers of our time, the book presents a new approach to the arts, one that views both artistic expression and artistic appreciation as creative communication. J. Donald Walter shows the importance of seeing oneself and all things as aspects of a greater reality, of seeking to enter into conscious attunement with the reality, and of seeing all things as channels for the expression of that reality.