The observation that you are associated with other entities because of the colours with which you decorate yourself is a profound one. Gone is the value of the idea that the mind works in straight lines. The artist can use such branding by
association to paint a picture of you that is very different from the real picture painted. When the viewer has a host of associative predispositions, the viewer will use these to paint the picture wanted by the artist. Messages are implanted within art that those associated with cues will reacte to emotionally and then physically.
This phenomenon artists have used and by association their work has been valued by collectors! Who you associate an artist with really does matter for the popularity of the artist. Even your mother warned you about how you paint the picture if yourself that others see. Put a ring in your ear and you are associated with a host of feelings and memories that others have. They will value you based on these associations. Human intelligence makes use of false associations to attract and to fend away. Associations are used by writers to encourage or discourage feelings and actions.
The forces of association are related to the real physical forces of location and magnetism. By placing yourself near a magnet, you place yourself under the influence of an invisible magnetic force. By placing yourself within a church you place yourself within another force field which can be as powerful, but which operates at hidden levels just as magnetism operates at hidden levels.
It is very important to realize how associative forces operate to influence other forces. They can change history, can move mountains, and can destroy communities. The hidden forces of association are immensely powerful, yet are not generally included among the forces of physics. We can appreciate them through art!
