Most artists are brought to their vocation when their own
nacent gifts are awakened by the work of a master. That is to say, most artists
are converted to art by art itself. The future artist finds himself or herself
moved by a work of art, and, through that experience, comes to labour in the
service of art until he or she can profess their own gifts. Those folk who do
not become artists nonetheless attend to art in a similar spirit. We come to
painting, to poetry, to the stage, hoping to revive the soul. And any artist
whose work touches us earns our gratitude. When art acts as an agent of
transformation we may then correctly speak of it as a gift. A sane culture
would have transformative gifts as an integral feature. And it will have artists whose creations are
gifts for the transfomation of the race.
"It
does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless
minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." - Samuel Adams
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