it is clear… there can be no debate… America is in crisis…
a simple look at this election shows us how much of a crisis
we are in…
the left and the right are threating to plunge this country into civil war…
and what is the cause?
the problem isn’t what you think it is… the left and right begin at
the exact same place and that is why the country is in crisis…
that exact same place the left and right begin with is in its
wholesale and complete belief in materialism…
the left believe in the materialism of getting people to the base, the bottom
of the Maslow’s pyramid… that basic belief that everyone should be feed, have
water, shelter, clothing, an education and health care is holding to a
materialism view of the universe…that we must give people material goods
for them to survive… the left begins in materialism…
and of course the right beliefs in a slightly different form of materialism…
but materialism nevertheless…to achieve wealth at all costs, that is
the materialism of the right…
the one and only function of existence is to get and hold onto wealth
and materials goods…
the two sides, although in the midst of a death struggle, still hold onto
the same basic fabric of thought… that the answer lies in the procurement
of material goods…
this fallacy of both the left and the right extend into the ism’s
and ideologies of both the left and the right… the fatal flaw of
communism is its devotion, complete and utter devotion to
materialism… communism is the we of capitalism which is I…
communism says we in regards to materialism and capitalism says
I in regards to materialism… that is the only real difference between
the two…
both ism’s begin and end in materialism…
but I say unto you…
“There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, then are dreamt of in
your philosophy”
the philosophy in question here is materialism… and there is more to existence
then just a devotion to acquiring wealth and material goods…
we seek wealth and material goods to live out our lives, to be able
to retire, to pass onto our children… and what if, what if…
existence is something more then just the acquisition of wealth and material goods…
and the fundamental aspect of the modern crisis lies here because we don’t know
what else there is in existence outside of the acquisition of wealth and material goods…
and one avenue of pursuit we human beings have attempted has been to
reach toward the spiritual avenue of human belief…
but in case you haven’t heard, apparently “God is dead”…
and we are his killers… just as Nietzsche said, we have yet to hear
the news that we have blood on our hands… it is only a matter of time though…
so we cannot continue our failed path toward the acquisition of wealth
and material goods nor can we escape into that tired old path of
theology…
and hence, the crisis of modern times…
what other path can we follow that will bring us closer to salvation?
for that is what we are seeking, searching for, salvation…
and what is the point of this salvation? to be save in regards to
having a purpose, a goal, a point in our existence…
we are seeking some meaning in our lives and salvation is finding
that meaning or goal in?
and that is the question isn’t it?
and we reach one such possibility for salvation…
the Aesthetic possibility of existence…reaching and seeking purpose
and meaning in the Aesthetic… ART…
and what is ART? Is it a means of showing us our possibilities in existence…
we read Science Fiction for example… that is about possibilities… I read
the “Foundation series” By Asimov… that is really just showing us what is
possible for us if we can get there…Science Fiction is really just a road map
for us to reach, to become…it lays out possibilities for us to seek…
we can also seek out possibilities in poems and novels and painting
and buildings and sculptures…
that which is possible is possible in ART…
is there “TRUTH” in ART? only as so much as it brings out
and identifies the possibilities inherent in human beings…
I can become whatever I want… or so goes the ad, but that act of
creativity is really what we call ART…
in the song, send in the clowns… there is one line that goes like this…
“I make my entrance again with my usual flair”
the entrance with my usual flair… that is ART, that is the Aesthetic…
we, if done right can be Aesthetic, we can become ART … in our actions, in
our lives, in who we are… if we just understood that life and ART is really
the same thing…
the search for meaning and purpose can be found in discovering the
ART that lies in us and that can be displayed by us in our daily actions…
forget the path of materialism… embrace the path of becoming Aesthetic…
become ART…
Kropotkin