Art. Is. Resistance.

Art.

The expression of feeling through some sort of visual or audio medium. The bearing of one's soul through a paintbrush, through a guitar string, through the stretched tight head of a drum, through a shaft of No.2 lead. The creation of something that can shake the world, or be left under a bed, or be burned with the garbage on trash day. The capture of the world as we know it, or as we knew it, or as we wish we could know it. The manipulation of emotion through color, and sound, and light. The bible of the uneducated masses, the savior of the intellectual few. The energy of light captured by film, the sound of the unspeakable as portrayed on paper. The world through the eyes of a child, through the eyes of our subconscious. The greed of the senses for something tangible. The way to break a heart, or to heal the soul. The manifestation of our wildest dreams, of our sweatest muses, of our most terrifying nighmares. The slave of its creator, the mastor of its admirer.



Is.

Existence on Earth, existence in one's mind. Life being lived as it should, life being lived as it shouldn't, life - regardless of the way it's being spent or wasted.. Description of him, of her, of it. That which comes to pass. The reality of pain, the reality of love. The essence of being. Truth, whether or not we like it.



Resistance.

To stand up for what you believe, to stand up for what you don't believe, simply because everyone else is. To hold your ground, to break new ground. To have an opinion, to have someone else's opinion, to make up your own opinion. To win, to lose, but never to tie. To fight back, to start the fight. To be condemned for your nonconformity, to condemn other's for their conformity. To have a voice, to have a song, to have a scream. To not be afraid of what may happen to you, to be terrified of the world if things don't change. To have the ability to look into the future, to have the have the insight to look the past. To join a movement, to start a movement. To never back down, to always push forward. To be be steadfast, to be open to change. To riot, to yell, to burn. To refuse to be repressed, to break from oppression, to overthrow. To support the opposition, to be the opposition.



Art Is Resistance.


Find your voice. Raise your voice.