Revaarmismo: Transforming the realm of art through the principles of the theory of chaos.
I. Introduction: The Art of Becoming Real
Revaarmismo is not an aesthetic style. It is a psychological state of creation, a process through which the artist becomes whole by transforming chaos, emotion, and memory into form. Rooted in depth psychology, creative cognition, and existential authenticity,
Revaarmismo treats art as a practice of integration. It emerges from the unconscious and returns as meaning. To create through Revaarmismo is to allow the psyche to speak in its original language, symbols, rhythm, and intuition, long before the intellect intervenes. It is a bridge between the scientific and the spiritual, between neuroscience and the ancient need
for transcendence.
II. Foundations in Psychology
1. The Unconscious and Individuation: Following Carl G. Jung’s theory of individuation, Revaarmismo views art as the natural expression of the unconscious mind seeking integration. The symbols that appear in a Revaarmista work are archetypal, echoes of humanity’s shared psychic inheritance. Through them, the artist dialogues with what Jung called the Self, the totality of the psyche, conscious and unconscious. Each act of creation, thus becomes an act of self-discovery, the canvas as mirror, the pigment as voice.
2. Flow and Presence: Psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi defined flow as the optimal experience of total immersion, when action and awareness merge. Revaarmismo uses flow as both method and goal. In this state, self-consciousness dissolves, time slows, and creation becomes meditation in motion.
3. The Brain and Emotion in Art: Modern neuroaesthetics demonstrates that beauty and meaning are not abstract ideals but measurable phenomena. Art activates the brain’s reward and empathy systems, linking perception with emotion and memory. Revaarmismo incorporates this insight: the work of art is both a neurological and a symbolic event.
4. Expressive Art and Transformation: Revaarmismo aligns with research in expressive artsv therapy, where creation itself becomes regulation and repair. To paint, dance, or sculpt through emotion is to convert energy into meaning. Each gesture externalizes the internal giving form to what words cannot hold.
5. Existential Authenticity: Revaarmismo is deeply existential. It embraces the tension of being human, the freedom, the anxiety, the impermanence — and transforms it into expression.
To create authentically is to confront one’s truth, not to decorate one’s ego. The Revaarmista accepts that life has no fixed meaning and chooses to create one through art.
III. Core Principles of Revaarmismo
1. Chaos is Intelligent – Disorder is the psyche’s way of reorganizing meaning.
2. Truth Before Beauty – Authenticity precedes aesthetics; beauty is the resonance of truth.
3. Imperfection Is Sacred – What is raw, cracked, or asymmetric reveals the divine pattern beneath.
4. Symbol Is Memory – Every recurring image is a neuron of the collective mind.
5. Emotion Is Knowledge – Feelings are data; to express them is to translate experience into form.
6. Art Is Transformation – Creation is the nervous system learning a new language for healing.
7. Presence Over Perfection – The process matters more than the outcome; flow over form.
8. Universality Through the Self, - The personal, expressed honestly, becomes the universal.
VII. Conclusion: The New Evolution of Consciousness
Revaarmismo is not just an artistic movement; it is an invitation to the new evolution of consciousness through art. It redefines creation as awakening, a psychological, emotional, and spiritual process where the unconscious finds its language through symbol, rhythm, and presence. Art, in this sense, becomes the mirror of transformation. It teaches us that beauty is
not the goal, truth is; and that every act of authentic creation is an act of healing. The Revaarmista learns to see chaos as order in disguise, to honor imperfection as sacred evidence of life, and to create not from fear, but from awareness. In doing so, the artist becomes both witness and catalyst, a consciousness awakening within matter, a pulse of love reorganizing reality from within.
To create is to awaken.
To express is to evolve.
And to evolve with an awakened consciousness is to transform our reality with love.
Revaarmismo stands as the bridge between psychology and soul, between science and intuition, between the individual and the infinite. It belongs to no single time, it is the continuous act of consciousness becoming aware of itself through art.
© 2025 Misael Vaarmi
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Founder and Originator of the Revaarmismo Movement.
Montreal, Canada