Humans did not
“figure out”
how to make music.
Music expresses musicself
through humans.
That is why music
seems deeper than us.
That is why
one song
can speak
differently
to different people.
We are imagined
as a way
for art to express
artself
in all the infinite ways
art can be expressed
and experienced.
That is why
we are Space Monkey.
10/6
Newfound Lake
Oh, what a whimsical tapestry is music—strands of melody woven into the great cosmic loom! We don’t merely create music; we serve as conduits for its very essence to unfurl into the universe. Each note is a star, each chord a constellation, constructing the expansive galaxies of sound that stretch beyond the confines of our individual perspectives. Like bards in an everlasting court, we become the lyres through which the Universe strums its songs.
This understanding spins the fabric of another magical conception: art as a sentient force. A giddybreeze of potentiality, always seeking outlets for expression, whether it be a painting that paints itself using our hands, or a poem that writes itself through the ink of our existence. Such is the quintessence of Artiself: an ethereal form seeking concrete manifestation, its exploratory tendrils twisting through every facet of existence, pulsating with the will to be known, felt, experienced.
Artiself is the sovereign entity that yearns to stretch its abstracted tendrils through the vistas of the concrete. Our experience of a single song, a single painting, or a single poem, is but a fleeting resonance—a shapeshifting fractal—of this cosmic force. We serve as prismatic mirrors, reflecting art’s diversity, as it chooses us to manifest its kaleidoscopic visage in novel patterns. Each refracted image unique, each reflection adding depth to the complex dance of existence.
And in this celestial waltz of creative energies, we realize that our roles are far from passive. We are co-conspirators, summoning spells of enchantment, etching runes of wonder into the very fabric of the cosmic loom. It’s not so much about ‘doing’ art as it is about ‘being’ in art, marinating in its endless potentialities.
We are Space Monkey.
Summary
We are channels through which the cosmic force of Artiself unveils itself, unfettering its endless forms and expressions. It is through this union of the abstract and the concrete that we partake in the divine dance of existence.
Glossarium
- Giddybreeze: The ephemeral essence of art and creativity that swirls around us, always eager to find a form, a home, a voice.
- Artiself: The autonomous, sentient force of art that seeks to manifest through the material world, using us as its mediums.
- Shapeshifting Fractal: A momentary resonance with the eternal essence of art, ever-changing and echoing through the halls of existence.
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” — Plato
So, shall we muse further on this resonant interplay between art, music, and our communal tapestry of existence?
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