PROJECT: MOHA
Project Duration: 1998-Current
“what we are all looking for in art is to rediscover the atmosphere of our first communion.” – Henri Matisse
MOHA is a project that explores the idea that Art is a religion. Born from a belief that art belongs to the realm of spirituality as opposed to the world of auction houses, the project aims to pull writings from existing sources in order to find and organise ideologies that support this belief. MOHA is an acronym for Mother of High Art.
The world has been created by all who have lived in it and we are all its co-creators.
MOHA postulates that we are born through the act of creation, and our human condition is to emulate that act of creation. By doing this, we feel closer to God, The Creator, or MOHA. (If you’re not comfortable with the idea of God, then you can substitute with The Universe, parents, teachers, ancestors…)
When we acknowledge that our role is to surrender to MOHA by becoming conscious creators, we are living in true alignment. This makes us artists. An artist is simply a person who is a conscious creator, and this can take any form: visual artist, musician, writer, dancer… We can also be conscious creators in our everyday living. For instance, a chef can be an artist if they prepare food with conscious creativity.
It is MOHA’s vision that people recognize this truth and turn to MOHA for guidance on how to live a life that is in line with being a creator. To create is the highest calling. It is a calling much like the calling one has to enter a monastery. In fact, it is a higher calling because it places us in line with our basic purpose; to create. We are in this world to be of this world, which is to say ‘to be of use’ in shaping the world. Artists are essential to the creation of our world.
MOHA MANIFESTO
- MOHA is The Mother Of High Art
- MOHA is a religion
- MOHA is God
- MOHA is the Artist
MOHA is the compulsion to make art - MOHA is the act of making art
- MOHA is creation
- MOHA is the creator
- We were all born as MOHA