or enjoyment of Art was limited, and guided by familiarity with names
and schools and "manners," or the like, far more than by real beauty
in itself.

Now, out of all this which I have said on Art, strange conclusions may
be drawn, the first being that even without self-conscious Thought or
excess of Intellect, there can be a Sense of Enjoyment in any or every
organism, also a further development of memory of that enjoyment, and
finally a creation of buildings, music and song, with no reflection,
in animals, and very little in Man. And when Man gets beyond working
with simple Nature and begins to think chiefly about himself, his Art,
as regards harmony with Nature, deteriorates.

We do not sufficiently reflect on the fact that _Natura naturans_, or
the action of Nature (or simply following Tradition), may, as is the
case of Transition Architecture, involve the creation of marvelously
ingenious and beautiful works, and the great enjoyment of them by
Instinct alone. It is not possible for ordinary man to even understand
this now in all its fullness. He is indeed trying to do so--but it is
too new for his comprehension. But a time will come when he will
perceive that his best work has been done unconsciously, or under
influences of which he was ignorant.

Hypnotism acts entirely by suggestion, and he who paints or does other
work entirely according to Tradition, also carries out what is or has
been suggested to him. Men of earlier times who thus worked for
thousands of years like the Egyptians in one style, were guided by the
faith that it had been begun by the Creator or God.

For men cannot conceive of creation as separate from pre-determined