so now in these times
when the corporations run our lives
and the religions run our after-lives
we are faced with the touch stone
of both factions
art
painting
sculpting
dance
theatre
film
photography
music
writing
and
poetry
too
art
by any measure
the difference between us
and the chimps in the jungle
but in these times
of corporations and religion
run by soulless men
who have no time for excess
and no time for
thought
where can it
exist?
art is the essence
of human over-flow
now not always fighting for food
now not afraid of the bumps in the night
now not a chimp in the jungle
we are more
and that more slopes off
to form:
art
the poems
the paintings
the plays
are all just excess
but there are important
because without the release
all that pent-up excess
would eventually
explode
killing us or
something
worse
right now
art has been found by
the corporations
and
the religions
and they’ve turned huge profits
for it
but art isn’t about profit
and it isn’t about art
art is about killing those nasty things
that grow up in the cracks of the sidewalk
when you leave it alone for too long
art is about finding the needle in the haystack
art is understanding why we exist at all
but now we live in a time of
corporations
and
religions
run by soulless men seeking
to turn a profit
and as long as we live
in this age
art can
have
no
purpose
Mar 10, 2011
Mar 10, 2011 at 6:27 AM UTC
so now in these times
when the corporations run our lives
and the religions run our after-lives
we are faced with the touch stone
of both factions
art
painting
sculpting
dance
theatre
film
photography
music
writing
and
poetry
too
art
by any measure
the difference between us
and the chimps in the jungle
but in these times
of corporations and religion
run by soulless men
who have no time for excess
and no time for
thought
where can it
exist?
art is the essence
of human over-flow
now not always fighting for food
now not afraid of the bumps in the night
now not a chimp in the jungle
we are more
and that more slopes off
to form:
art
the poems
the paintings
the plays
are all just excess
but there are important
because without the release
all that pent-up excess
would eventually
explode
killing us or
something
worse
right now
art has been found by
the corporations
and
the religions
and they’ve turned huge profits
for it
but art isn’t about profit
and it isn’t about art
art is about killing those nasty things
that grow up in the cracks of the sidewalk
when you leave it alone for too long
art is about finding the needle in the haystack
art is understanding why we exist at all
but now we live in a time of
corporations
and
religions
run by soulless men seeking
to turn a profit
and as long as we live
in this age
art can
have
no
purpose
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