This comes about whilst thinking of Art, the method of intellect that seemingly builds a temporary structure or form, yet what it not mentioned is the permanent destructive of resources to achieve the Artefact.
I will forego the first set of images that were conjured from the above and go to a more daily scenario.
Unless a cake is very small it is likely to be to cut or broken using a knife or the hands in order to consume it in parts. Likewise any large intellectual problem maybe broken down to smaller parts for understanding.
In the case of the cake, although the tolls may have a common name each hand is unique and each actor has a kitchen and a separate knife, so instructions on how to cut the cake are not very useful. However it seems fairly simple to direct a person to which tool may be used for the desired task, in hand or in mind. It is to the later of these that enables a better understanding of the images aforementioned.
The three images are those of the Sun, Moon and the Earth.
The Sun in this instance is the starting point to reach the Earth and the Moon represents the tool used, whilst the Art is the method of use.
In such a case it may be that a stepped approach is required to get to the Sun from Earth via the Moon and in fact the route may take in other Spheres along the way. However the overriding fact is that without Art there is no change. The Sun Will Shine and the Earth Shall Spin.
It can be taken that if the Sun when seen as a material body it is an advanced form of Earth and so a study of the Sun can show the development of the Earth and from that can be assessed the tools for the transition. Once the tools have been fashioned Art can be used to form the Earth.
It is worth repeating that in using material tools there has to be material destruction as first mentioned, so the continuing words are not to encourage material gain, but a change in the structure of mind.
The mind can be represented by an advanced object such as the Sun, the emotions by the Moon and the Bodily senses by the Earth.
The path betwixt the Sun and the Earth, goes both ways. Sensory input can provoke intense thought and a wonder, which in turns leads to a search for tools to understand the path that is the link so the path can be travelled at will rather than instigated by some external force in the body corporeal.
With a little intelligence, some substantial use of intellect and total emotional commitment a path can be developed from the Sun to the Earth so to speak.
The tools an individual can use are limited and some are common. Intelligence is unique and limited to the individual and intellect is common and has great resources, the body, sadly has declining abilities and yoga and exercise are often used to stay the ageing process but this is a great distraction and will take the mind from the intended path of Art. It is not that exercise is debilitating but rather it should not become the focus of attention and thereby be seen as a productive use of intellect: on the contrary such will develop a confined the intellect and stifle the flow of intelligence.
So to clarify, maybe, the intellect can be used a) as tool to open up the emotions to intelligence and similarly b) to create a path from the emotions to intelligence. It is the later of these two that is the immortal Art, the foremost is the temporal acquaintance of the bodies emotions to the physics of other bodies.
The later is the entrance to this world, birth, feeding, warmth . . . .
There is a given warm, air and water to sustain the moment but the acquisition of food is a permanent reminder of the job at hand, to escape this emotional Hell. And so it is from this degrading position that the intellect is seen as the tool to intelligence.
It is the Art of growing spiritually with the sole purpose of creating a soul to enjoy that which is intelligence. The performance is inwards yet may be seen in the immediate environment.
There is the lower art from birth to consumption of externals and the resolving grace is noting that there is a growing external audience and insatiable demand.
So there comes a point to most, along whichever path they find themselves on, when they look ap and wonder, is there immortal Art within or am I doubt to worldly consumption of the without. The snake cannot engulf all and in trying will see its tail being swallowed by it's own head. Entwined by desire each person has the knowledge that not only do I wish to be free but I neither wish to be the tool for others.