According to Michael Kampen O’Riley, “Just as a spice has a tangible form and le

According to Michael Kampen O’Riley, “Just as a spice has a tangible form and leaves an aftertaste, so art has form and leaves the viewer with an aftertaste, and experience, rasa, that gives delight and bliss, and leads one to brahman.” (see definitions of terms below)
Do you think there is a connection between art and religious/spiritual experience?
Have you ever had an experience of rasa because of an artwork? (may include visual art, film, music, poetry, dance, etc.)
Please include an image or a link to your artwork, if possible.
RASA: “A central concept in Hindu thought, referring to the emotions of joy and pleasure that the beholder may experience in response to the visual arts, music, poetry, and drama. Through rasa, the beholder becomes one with the creator and the art.”
BRAHMAN: “In Indian thought, an all-inclusive, universal, and eternal spiritual reality (…)”
rasa,
https://www.britannica.com/art/rasa