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When Reality Starts to Paint: The Art of Synchronicity

  • Writer: Bernard Beitman, MD
    Bernard Beitman, MD
  • 4 days ago
  • 1 min read

J.F. Martel on the creative intelligence behind synchronicity.


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What if the universe isn’t random—but artistic?


In this week’s episode of Connecting with Coincidence, writer and philosopher J.F. Martel joins Dr. Bernard Beitman to explore how synchronicity might be less about luck and more about art. Together, they ask: what if coincidence is a creative act—a moment when mind and world collaborate to reveal hidden meaning?


Drawing from Jung’s idea of acausal meaning, Martel and Beitman examine how chance can feel like a brushstroke from a larger canvas—one painted by both human imagination and the cosmos itself. They discuss the playful intelligence that seems to animate coincidence, the way art opens us to that same mystery, and how noticing synchronicity can help us see reality as a living, responsive whole.


From a truck blocking the road to crows circling over Van Gogh’s Wheatfield with Crows, this conversation unfolds like a living poem—reminding us that meaning is not found but created, moment by moment, in dialogue with the mysterious intelligence of the universe.


Meet J.F. Martel now on the Connecting with Coincidence podcast:



About J.F. Martel


J.F. Martel is a writer and lecturer on art, culture, and philosophy. He is the author of Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice—recently reissued by Basic Books with a foreword by Donna Tartt—and co-host of the Weird Studies Podcast on SpectreVision Radio. Learn more at reclaimingart.com


And be sure to check out our many fascinating podcast guests in our Connecting with Coincidence library of episodes:



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