f your art
is as far behind the art of the Martians as are the carvings of your
prehistoric cavemen behind the productions of your Michael Angelos. As
man unfolds spiritually there is a corresponding advance in his
artistic point of view.

This is evidenced by the fact that art has flourished more on your
Earth among those races and individuals who are spiritually inclined.
The products of the monastery and cloister in the Middle Ages are
witness to this fact.

Amongst a materially inclined people whose selfish instincts have
stultified their souls; a people whose ultimate goal is the acquisition
of material things; a people whose only ambition is to satisfy self: a
people whose ideas of real happiness are the pursuit of material
pleasures, art has little place except as a fad.

This is the condition today in many parts of your world, and especially
so on your Western continent. Prize fights and the sensualities of the
stage interest many more people than do Art galleries and the beauties
of Nature.

The fact that God is the Supreme Artist of the Universe can be
established not only with the microscope, but with one's natural eyes.
Divine Art is expressed in every atom comprising the universe; and poor
indeed is he in Spiritual gifts who fails to feast his eyes on God's
handiwork.

As Art is an expression of God's law of Harmony it can be said that its
development on Mars has been a stimulus to the development of every
line of planetary activity and enters into every phase of Martian
social and industrial system.

As every one of God's creatures is an artist in the making, every
Martian is a developed artist. Hence, every product of the loom or
forge on our planet is an artistic production, and reflects in a
material way the soul of the creator.

The incentive before the Martian is to work for the pleasure of
working, which in ultimate analysis is God's work. Of course such a
system of industrial activity would be impossible among a partially
developed people.

Art on Mars typifies man's spiritual and material progress on this
planet. This planet's past history and present achievements are woven
into the products of the looms. The warp and woof of our beautiful
tapestries, so much in evidence in every home, express the Spirituality
of the Martian people; as do also the creations of the Martian
sculptors, and the works of those who use brush and paint.

Some of the most beautiful productions of Mars ar