Provided we can escape from the museums we carry around inside us, provided we can stop selling ourselves tickets to the galleries in our own skulls, we can begin to contemplate an art which re-creates the goal of the sorcerer: changing the structure of reality by the manipulation of living symbols ... Art tells gorgeous lies that come true. Hakim Bey
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Is it possible to look at the world and experience, through art, a mystical and beautiful moment? Can we engage an artist and trust that the art we see and the lives we live will someday come true? It is important to remember that we construct our own reality, based on what we believe. The artist’s job is to open our minds so we can see someone else’s vision of the world. The artist makes us believe in magic through their art.

Source: Taz: The Temporary Autonomous Zone

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