Human Sublime

the most important instrumental benefits require sustained involvement in the arts long lyrical lines beats repeated for hours day after day opera paintings around us all the time itself becomes music dreams illusion of dramatic structure in our lives requires art belief everything in its service used to benefit other than the artist it is not art advertising preaching persuading glamorizing decorating used for anything save delight illumination another useful tool it is the human sublime purposeless play immediate being time's apotheosis activated sense mind realized attention rain came lights blew out computer forgot two words I remembered directed calendar full enough sensations actions learn seasons not life not chocolate but chocolate always helps