The arts are bodhicitta. The connection is quite clear; especially when you look at the level of humanitarianism among artists. Beyond that however, one has the interface with the sense fields as the arena in which bodhicitta communicates.p176, Emailing the Lamas from Afar, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9653948-5-7