Sunday, September 27, 2009

Destructive art

I went to a modern art exhibition today. Many pieces of art had a destructive force, filled with fear or anger, giving you the impression that we ought to destroy everything and start over if we have to create a better world.

But why?

Personally, I love the world we live in. It may not be perfect, but we have many things that we never seem to appreciate - ok, not everyone does, but I bet that the readers of this article, as well as the creators of the aforementioned pieces of art, sure do.
We have a comfortable bed in a room.
We have some food in the fridge and some water to drink - and even a vast choice on what we'll eat.
We have heating for the cold days.
We have our hygiene, easy access to a warm shower, and access to medical care when we need it.
We have our education, however good or bad it may be, it's still better than not having it.
We have the freedom to go out, meet our friends, express ourselves and laugh.
We have the ability to write down our thoughts, start a chain mail that will get spread instantly, or write them down in a blog, and be heard by friends, as well as complete strangers.
We have the ability to produce some music, a short film, a piece of art, and promote it online, and know that anyone can find us and appreciate our creations.
We have a critical mass of people that will find creative, constructive ways to react to whatever they do not like, and fight for a better world.

However wrong our world may be, I think this is enough. And I love it. We shouldn't stop fighting for the best, but we shouldn't destroy all this either.

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