Mirabai Starr on Mysticism and Art

Some playful wisdom about the creative path.

To make art is to make love with the sacred… every artist is a mystic.
— Mirabai Starr, Wild Mercy

Mirabai Starr is not the first person to recognize the deep affinity between artists and mystics, but her playful way of expressing this affinity in erotic language is certainly memorable. Yet even here, Mirabai stands in a long tradition that goes back at l…