Art Brut
Jean Dubuffet's original 1945 term for the works that he collected and revered; later adopted by the Collection de l'Art Brut at Lausanne. Art Brut means 'Raw Art'. Raw because it is 'uncooked' or 'unadulterated' by culture. Raw because it is creation in its most direct and uninhibited form. Not only were the works unique and original but their creators were seen to exist outside established culture and society. The purest ...
Street ARTists & Visionaries
Torture the Artist by Joey Goebel
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I am so sorry to be the one to tell you this, but you will never be happy.
I don't mean to hurt you by saying that. I say it because I think it is only fair that I be honest with you before we begin. I hope you appreciate this because no one will be fair or honest with you from here on out. So again, I'm tellling you ...
Dreamer
"Hey are you a dreamer? Don’t see too many of you around lately. Things have been tough lately for dreamers. They say dreaming’s dead and no one does it anymore. Its not dead, it’s just it’s been forgotten; removed from our language. Nobody teaches it so no one knows it exists. The dreamer is banished to obscurity. I’m trying to change all that and I ...
XXXIV (You are the Daughter of the Sea) by Pablo Neruda
You are the daughter of the sea, oregano’s first cousin.
Swimmer, your body is pure as the water;
cook, your blood is quick as the soil.
Everything you do is full of flowers, rich with the earth.
Your eyes go out toward the water, and the waves rise;
your hands go out to the earth and the seeds swell;
you know the deep essence of water and the earth,
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