Through art they confuse us and blind us to our enslavement. Art adorns our prison walls, keeps us silent and diverted and indifferent.

Jim Morrison
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“Through art they confuse us and blind us to our enslavement. Art adorns our prison walls, keeps us silent and diverted and indifferent." This quote is a profound one that serves as a reminder that art is a tool of the oppressor. Over the years, the artists have been able to depict their own lives on canvas and have created an image of their world that is beautiful yet deceiving. When we look at a painting or a sculpture, we think of it as a picture of an ideal world.

In reality, it is a piece of art that causes us to forget about our own suffering. The great artists of the past were able to paint an image of an ideal world for those who were suffering under a cruel dictator or a violent warlord. By painting this image of beauty into the minds of their audience, they were able to keep them from remembering how badly they were suffering.

Source: The Lords And The New Creatures

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