A framing hammer can be used on a job-site to hold down plans in the wind, or used to hold a door open, but its primary purpose is to drive nails into wood. Same with the car, it can be taken on a Sunday drive to nowhere, or used in sport, but its primary purpose is transport of people one place to another. The same with art too, it can be used to entertain, to decorate, but its primary purpose is to alter or perfect how a human perceives life; art displays truths which adorn and complete existence.
Of all the arts, which is supreme? In this audio/visual day and age one would surmise cinema supreme, that it’s the all encompassing form to alter consciousness, and so thoroughly. But take away technology and it can’t exist. Painting then; but take away technology and it can’t exist. The only form which can exist without tech is poetry. So, to clarify, the primary purpose of art is to raise consciousness, and poetry is supreme to stun someone into a better way of knowing as it only requires a human voice.
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