Rock and Roll.

Kitsch is purposeful production of crap under the guise of imitating previous art. It is effortless money making. Bread and circus. It feeds the inhumane needs of being docile. We were never made to be docile. It is substitute for sleep. it is senseless. literally without the sense. or really on the surface of sense. It is un-memorable. It was made by the creator to imitate art. It is what plato disdains. the far removal from truth. The removal of idea. of Origin.

Bad art. Well for example rock and roll. most of rock and roll is art. most of it is bad art. due to a lack of craft or simply not fitting together to be good enough. Bad art is far superior to kitsch. because bad art is still very human. not necessarily original but conceived to be original. So bruce springsteen is bad art. He is not kitsch. He writes his own music. its soulful and intentional. It has some depth. But it lacks intellect. It lacks a sense of global humanisitic belief. It seeks on what is "american." and therefore falls short. It does not reach for anything. It is pretty static. It does not reveal too many unknowns but resorts information. U2 is many parts art, bad art, and kitsch at once. it was once art when they meant it. when they made it to be made. bloody sunday might be decent mediocre art. But anything in the 90's well is kitsch. it is U2 imitating u2. that is is simply kitsch

Art. well is the beatles. well the beatles were kitsch then became art. In kitsch they took what was valuable. the craftsmanship of pop music. the sensibility of the ear. they took that. and ran with it. they expanded on it. Kept it mind. and studied by playing it. in order for them to craft marvelous rock and roll.

Bad art suffers from a lack of communicability and craftsmanship. Occasionally its message is too small for its abilities. other times its message is to big for its abilities. but art, true art, is the mastering of both. Such that the message, the feeling, the emotion, the words, the sounds, the visual, are meticulously sewn together to be simply a force greater than the sum of its parts. And it is this art that raises us. That changes us. that allows us to see and hear the cosmos. To taste life. and smell the sweet wonders of blossoming life. And finally and probably most importantly feeling with all the worlds grandeur. In the the literal sense of feel and feel to our mind and our core. A surge that feels on our skin that runs through us. That is what it is.

Art does all of us because it reveals the most important truth that we are all alive, together, different, and apart. that we can exist in paradox. and understand this intrinsic and both be afraid and brave.

Without art. We would be without science. without knowledge.

All that we felt would certainly be the wonders of the universe but we would merely feel it and it would pass. Its transience would be something we could not understand. A burden we could not hold. and when its wonder had passed inevitably would wither. And the pain it causes us. like the pain of child would cause us to wail. It is through art that we can recapture-actually that is wrong- more like understand the transient wonder of the world. Art is born from the feeling of grace contrasted with pain.

But hypothetically if we could be artless. We would be animals once again. like the goldfish with the two second memory. our life would be one of highs and lows that we could never comprehend. That would simply be overwhelming and unmanageable to our acute sense. And degrade the mind that thinks.

Ultimately i wish to make art that can make harmonious peace among men that is flowing and rich vibrant with life and contrast. It is not a heavenly evilless world. But a free world. not evilless. But free. Where all mankind think and act freely. But humanely. That we accept our freedom and instead being afraid in our freedom and lash out against each other. But find our own free journey. That ultimately interconnects with every man. Demanding us to recognize everyone as free and alive and amongst equals. We take our freedom with strength. We would all be artists and scientist. Cosmonauts. intent of the discovery. In us and around us.

It is not world without pain. It is not a utopia. It is freemen. Free of the burden of class or wealth. But now burdened with the burdens they take up. And accepting their freedom as earned through their most painful of birth. They carry the torch light of humanity through the darkness. Not for an ultimate goal. But for the journey. In order that the torch be carried. We are o so pioneers. O pioneers. Finally our ages of looking at the stars. we can slowly carry our light to the stars.

This is why Rock and Roll is so important. It is art. most of the time. I listen to rock because it is art. most of the time.

I believe Radiohead carries the torch of humanity forward. I believe Kafka once carried it. I know Beethoven has. I know Homer has carried it.