i mean don't say i'm not tryin'

 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568208009789

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Let’s not be mere beasts,

led around by the nose

from the cool kid’s table

at high school; yes, yes,

yes, we’re all Hamlet

acting to not get axed

on a stage of corruption—

we understand that.

Regardless—please, please, please,

let’s not be animal only,

derelict in obtaining sense

when all the cards on the table

read otherwise; and if lacking

is speech and action

to remain alive--then by all means,

just become aware of the score

and know that even in the darkest age

truth in a spotlight like magic, can appear

on a stage.

Revealing/insightful on multiple levels

 https://www.thelawsuitinfo.com/downloads/timeline-of-relevant-events.pdf

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When metaphor is part of existence,

and art exists to alter perception

upwards to the heavens of the mind;

here a little free-verse

as reminder the animal space-suit,

the corporal body, is launch-pad to

understanding, roaring to the loftiest goal.

Lovely video of note

 Painter Guston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RXgGwcZcEw&t=10s

Note on Art

 

    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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