We can take part in the arts three ways: by creating, performing, or appreciating, or, in varying degrees, by making some combination of them all. In the human order the arts run a gamut from the temporal effusions of the carnal mind to the eternal inspirations of the divine Mind, or God Himself.
To fulfill means "to realize or manifest completely." We cannot gain true fulfillment in our human experience by expressing elements of the carnal mind, however attractive such elements may momentarily seem. Any art based on the carnal mind, being temporal, brings no lasting sense of fulfillment, either to the artist or to the beholder of his art.
True fulfillment is achieved when we manifest, to the fullest possible degree, God's qualities. Thus we cannot achieve complete fulfillment by neglecting the artistic qualities that are included in God's being, those characteristics that generally group themselves around the deific synonym of Soul.
