we are all artists.

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  • colin_s1

    @cherub and a few others - set was right in saying i probably should have title this "we all could be artists," but i always prefer active, possible language instead of the resignation of could be.

    i understand that people all have different views on this and i love everything said in this thread, regardless of if i agree.

    i think to qualify what I was saying with what other people have said in response - mostly that our social structures are not necessarily set up to allow us to explore ourselves as human beings. that our responsibility to the machinations of society preclude our basic essence as a living organism with the ability to think and reason, and the potential that comes with that.

    i get "artist" is a divisive word, which is specifically why i use it. maybe you don't want to do one thing, but do many and see what the world offers (which, i'll admit, i am in this boat) - but then maybe your art form is discovery, exploration, understanding. maybe you don't want to really do anything for yourself, but rally behind the efforts of your friends and colleagues... maybe your art form is support, understanding, nurturing.

    my point is that i believe all humans have at least one intrinsic aspect to their nature that they both could excel at and find peace within should they be given the opportunity to discover and indulge it. that our world is naturally a facilitator of that possibility but the power structures humanity seems destined to perpetuate would never allow for. and it's too bad, because we see even in this forum what a select few of us are capable of even with all the constraints we face in time, place, finance, and society.

    i'd love to see a world where this happens, even remotely more than it is now. and i think history shows there are pockets in time and place where it does... just generally for the 1%. how much human potential has been lost to the subjugation of others for the whims, ego and greed of a select few is truly tragic.

    • What if your 'art' is rape, torture and murder like Gacey and Bundy? What if your 'art' is scamming and thievery? How much human progression and potential...Morning_star
    • ...has been created through subjugation, prejudice etc ?Morning_star
    • wish mugwart was here to see this.notype

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