As we struggle to make our way along a dark path without stumbling, I wonder if Art helps us navigate the pitfalls of life, or if Art only tempt us with unreachable pinnacles that wallow in the ugly truths of the human condition?


Art, in its truest form, is blunt and frightening. 

That artful horror can hide in beautiful things, but the inescapable fact of our living is that our deaths are tempting us and creeping closer each day we awaken.

Art can help us realize our mortality and teach us ways to express our living joy — or we can begin to hate and repress our temporary breaths and then blame Art for revealing that painful notion.

The choice is ours: Art is a mortal gift from the Gods so we might be brave enough to navigate our sticky moral emotions and to mistrust our nationalistic, terroristic, memories.

Arts helps us beautifully degrade together.

2 Comments

  1. ANNE – I live and teach on the upper West Coast of the United States. My interests are Philosophy, English, and Social Communication.
    ANNE says:

    I never considered art could be bad but I guess it can. That picture sure is pretty bloody.

  2. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
    David W. Boles says:

    You got that right, Anne! Art can be ugly and beautiful in the same moment. Art records awful things and presents the horror in a way the mind can better understand and accept.

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