While standing in the bathroom brushing my teeth, listening to a story on the radio about how the Taliban stopped non-Taliban music from being played on the radio in Afghanistan and replaced it with Taliban music (Prayer songs), I started thinking about how in all wars and major conflicts, Art has played a specific and important role. Religions, Countries, Political factions, part of all their wars was a way of making sure that their songs were played, that their art was shown and that their theater was dominant.
I realized: The group that has the best Art wins. If your Art sucks, you will never stay in power. This is a major problem for fundementalists/fascists. You can't force art to be beautiful. The best art must be created as a form of free expression. Art must be able to evolve. Artists: evolve or die. Part of the survival of any group must be a strong support of the arts.
Today I'll be working on some new Lucid Dementia music. Look out world.
via cynical-c.com
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