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the idea of mindswell took seed a few years ago, right around the time
that i dropped out of college (just two classes shy of graduation) to
pursue an artistic life.
i had noticed that in all of the hubbub regarding the explosive growth of the brave new world of cyberspace, there seemed to be something missing:
art
the internet is about money, and money makes the world go 'round, and
money is the root of much evil, and while i don't expect to change the
universe with my little website, i would like to try and do my part to
make the world a better place.
i
envision mindswell as an online community of artists, writers, musicians, poets,
filmmakers, and miscellaneous genii - unfettered by closed-paradigm thinking, open to new
ideas, and determined to move forward towards
enlightenment.
we
live in remarkable times
at the close of the Twentieth Century of Christianity, the human race finds itself at an ominous crossroads. will we achieve peace, and learn to live in harmony with each other and our environment, or will we destroy ourselves and our planet?
in the song "work for peace", Gil
Scott-Heron reminds us:
"no
one can do everything
everyone can do something
each
one reach one
each one try and teach one"
in "guerrilla radio", Rage Against The Machine screams:
"it
has to start somewhere
it
has to start sometime
what better place than here
what better time than now"
politicians hate art. close-minded bigots hate art. the military industrial complex hates art. why?
because art
in its purest form is truth. there is nothing more dangerous to
People in Power than truth.
almost
everything that you can point to as a sign of the decline and fall of the
western world can be traced back to a lie. drug prohibition, with its
devastating effect on the lower class, is built
entirely on lies. how many black and latino artists
have to use the word "HOLOCAUST" before the american people
finally wake up to the fact that the War on Drugs is really a War on Drug
Users, and that it is destroying the very fabric of our society?
there is no truth in war, only evil.
true art in its purest form is an expression of freedom. mindswell is committed to showcasing artists, allowing them free reign to express themselves any way they choose.
over the next few weeks (as i get the hang of this whole web-design thing) i will finish setting up my "room" here at mindswell, displaying selections of my poetry, writings, paintings, photography, music and film.
i invite other artists from around the world who have web-pages to link up to this site, whereas their homepage will be their own personal "room" in the hallowed halls of mindswell.
in addition, i will be adding a public domain gallery, so whether or not you have developed to the point of having a personal home page, you can still show your stuff.
- please e-mail me at setharonson@mindswell.com with submissions and suggestions -
well, that's all for now... please bear with me as i put all of this together, and check back often to watch mindswell swell....
sincerely,
seth derek aronson
"Evolution is simply a term used by non-participants
to describe a series of Revolutions"
- Saul Alinsky
"Rules for Radicals"
"Love the earth and the sun and the animals, despise
riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and
crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not
concerning god, have patience and indulgence towards the people, take off
your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go
freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and mothers of
families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of
your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any
book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be
a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the
silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and
in every motion and joint of your body."
- Walt Whitman
from "Preface to 'Leaves of Grass'"