Who cared if there was really any Being to pray to What mattered was the sense of giving thanks and praise, the feeling of a humble and grateful heart.
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Certainly it's not just a visual experience - it's an emotional one. In an informal way I have often seen quite demented patients recognize and respond vividly to paintings and delight in painting at a time when they are scarcely responsive to words and disoriented and out of it. I think that recognition of visual art can be very deep.
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