Making music has gotten easier; selling it has gotten harder. Making music has been democratized, but the market is in the hands of fascists.
Stewart CopelandRead
Provided we can escape from the museums we carry around inside us, provided we can stop selling ourselves tickets to the galleries in our own skulls, we can begin to contemplate an art which re-creates the goal of the sorcerer: changing the structure of reality by the manipulation of living symbols ... Art tells gorgeous lies that come true.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the transformative power of art and the importance of freeing our minds from self-imposed limitations.
Hakim Bey suggests that true artistic expression allows us to break free from the constraints of our own perceptions and preconceived notions. By doing so, we can harness the power of art to reshape our understanding of reality, turning imaginative visions into tangible truths. Art transcends mere representation; it has the potential to alter the fabric of existence itself by challenging the viewer's mind.
Themes
ArtRealityTransformationImaginationSymbols
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared at an art exhibition to inspire visitors to look beyond the surface of the artwork.
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