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Musicians, Artists, Writers, Poets and Performers — Stay positive, keep going, and be prepared to fight where you stand.
“I am not what is called a civilized man, Professor. I have done with society for reasons that seem good to me. Therefore, I do not obey its laws.” — 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Jules Verne
“. . . there are periods of history when the visions of madmen and dope fiends are a better guide to reality than the common-sense interpretation of data available to the so-called normal mind. This is one such period, if you haven’t noticed already.” R.A.Wilson
We have all fallen for it. We have taken the easy pleasures available through the consumption of popular culture. We have become docile and content, no matter how difficult our economic circumstances. It is not the observers who are at fault, it is the attitude of mind of the people who think they know better. We are no longer dreaming the dream, we make choices, and increasingly we settle for mass produced consumer items.
“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality” — The Cheshire Cat, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Music and all artistic and creative expression, is intrinsic to and an essential characteristic of human species-being. Music is a form of language, a type of communication, a spiritual…
