Once the practice of meditation is developed and you begin to see yourself clearly, then you also begin to see your environment clearly. You don't have to be labeled an artistic person, necessarily; anyone can work on that kind of perception. The only obstacles are hesitation and disinterest. The sitting practice of meditation allows a sense of solidness and a sense of slowness and the possibility of watching one’s mind operating all the time. Out of that, a sense of expansion slowly begins to develop and, at the same time, the awareness that you have been missing a lot of things in your life. You have been too busy to look for them or see them or appreciate them. So as you begin to meditate, you become more perceptive. Your mind becomes clearer and clearer, like an immaculate microscope lens.

— Dharma art by Chögyam Trungpa (Dharma ocean series) (Page 89 - 99)