Matthew Dallman offers a useful correction to my "State of the Integral Blogosphere" post of the other day. 

Here's an excerpt:

Every marking, scratching, or material stroke in every part of a piece of art should properly be considered as an extension of the artist's consciousness. This is how Spirit works in caldron of artwork production. When the artist does not realize this, then their art can suffer from a lack of self-awareness of this fact. They think some or all of their artwork is not their consciousness extended, and thus that part of the artwork suffers from, metaphorically, a lack of life. There isn't the buzz of consciousness. Missing it that 'IT' quality that marks artwork produced by self-aware artists (or narcissists of various levels of undifferentiation).

He also usefully points out to watch for the pre-trans fallacy, when evaluating artists.

I will most likely respond later, when I have more time - but for now, I'm glad to have had my original post spark such a clear commentary, with useful distinctions, on integral art and artists.