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Defined narrowly, a '''visionary''' is one who experiences a [[vision (religion)|vision]] or [[apparition]] connected to the supernatural. At times this involves seeing into the future. Certain people are capable of going into the visionary state via meditation, drugs, lucid dreams, day dreams, or art. One such example is [[Hildegard of Bingen]], a  12 century artist/visionary.[http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/247.html Hildegard of Bingen, Visionary]

Defined narrowly, a '''visionary''' is one who experiences a [[vision (religion)|vision]] or [[apparition]] connected to the supernatural. At times this involves seeing into the future. Certain people are capable of going into the visionary state via meditation, drugs, lucid dreams, day dreams, or art. One such example is [[Hildegard of Bingen]], a  12 century artist/visionary.[https://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/247.html Hildegard of Bingen, Visionary]

== Extended meanings ==

== Extended meanings ==

A '''vision''' can be political, religious, environmental, social, or technological in nature. By extension, a '''visionary''' can also be a person with a clear, distinctive and specific (in some details) vision of the future, usually connected with advances in [[technology]] or social/political arrangements. For example, [[Ted Nelson]] is referred to as a visionary in connection  with the [[Internet]] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1581891.stm BBC News]

A '''vision''' can be political, religious, environmental, social, or technological in nature. By extension, a '''visionary''' can also be a person with a clear, distinctive and specific (in some details) vision of the future, usually connected with advances in [[technology]] or social/political arrangements. For example, [[Ted Nelson]] is referred to as a visionary in connection  with the [[Internet]] [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1581891.stm BBC News]

Other visionaries simply imagine what does not yet exist, but might some day, as some forms of '''visioning'''  (or gazing) provide a glimpse into the possible future. Therefore, visioning can mean seeing in a [[utopian]] way what does not yet exist on earth - but might exist in another realm - such as the [[ideal]] or perfect realm as imagined or thought. Examples are [[Buckminster Fuller]] in [[architecture]] and [[design]], and some of the pioneers of [[personal computing]] such as [[Steve Jobs]]. Some people use [[mathematics]] to make visionary discoveries in the nature of the [[universe]]. In that sense, a visionary may also function as a secular [[prophet]]. Some visionaries emphasize [[communication]], and some assume a figurehead role in organizing a social group.  

Other visionaries simply imagine what does not yet exist, but might some day, as some forms of '''visioning'''  (or gazing) provide a glimpse into the possible future. Therefore, visioning can mean seeing in a [[utopian]] way what does not yet exist on earth - but might exist in another realm - such as the [[ideal]] or perfect realm as imagined or thought. Examples are [[Buckminster Fuller]] in [[architecture]] and [[design]], and some of the pioneers of [[personal computing]] such as [[Steve Jobs]]. Some people use [[mathematics]] to make visionary discoveries in the nature of the [[universe]]. In that sense, a visionary may also function as a secular [[prophet]]. Some visionaries emphasize [[communication]], and some assume a figurehead role in organizing a social group.  

== Notes ==

== Notes ==

#[http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/247.html Hildegard of Bingen, Visionary]

#[https://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/247.html Hildegard of Bingen, Visionary]

#[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1581891.stm BBC News | SCI/TECH | Visionary lays into the web]

#[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1581891.stm BBC News | SCI/TECH | Visionary lays into the web]

== References ==

== References ==

* ''Celestial Visitations The Art of Gilbert Williams'' (Pomegranate Artbooks) ISBN 0-517539-00-4, 1979

* ''Celestial Visitations The Art of Gilbert Williams'' (Pomegranate Artbooks) ISBN 0-517539-00-4, 1979

* Carlo McCormick '' Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of [[Alex Grey]]", Inner Traditions International, 1990

* Carlo McCormick '' Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of [[Alex Grey]]", Inner Traditions International, 1990

* [[Joseph Nechvatal]] [http://www.eyewithwings.net/nechvatal/Blake/BlakeVisionWWW.htm William Blakeand Visionary Art]

* [[Joseph Nechvatal]] [https://www.eyewithwings.net/nechvatal/Blake/BlakeVisionWWW.htm William Blakeand Visionary Art]

* Metamorphosis: 50 Contemporary Surreal, Fantastic and Visionary Artists (beinArt) ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8

* Metamorphosis: 50 Contemporary Surreal, Fantastic and Visionary Artists (beinArt) ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8

* John Maizels,''Raw Creation: Outsider Art and Beyond'' (1996). ISBN 0714831492

* John Maizels,''Raw Creation: Outsider Art and Beyond'' (1996). ISBN 0714831492

* ''Cosmic Art'' Ramond & Lila Piper (Hawthorne Books) ISBN 0-8015-1774-5, 1975

* ''Cosmic Art'' Ramond & Lila Piper (Hawthorne Books) ISBN 0-8015-1774-5, 1975

== External links ==

== External links ==

* [http://www.art.org Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art]   

* [https://www.art.org Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art]   

* [http://www.folkartmuseum.org American Folk Art Museum official website]

* [https://www.folkartmuseum.org American Folk Art Museum official website]

* [http://www.alexgrey.com/ information on Alex Gray]

* [https://www.alexgrey.com/ information on Alex Gray]

* [http://www.sublimatrix.com/html/jean_delville.html information on Jean Delville]

* [https://www.sublimatrix.com/html/jean_delville.html information on Jean Delville]

* [http://www.eyewithwings.net/nechvatal/Blake/BlakeVisionWWW.htm ''William Blake and Visionary Art'' by Joseph Nechvatal]

* [https://www.eyewithwings.net/nechvatal/Blake/BlakeVisionWWW.htm ''William Blake and Visionary Art'' by Joseph Nechvatal]

    

    

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