I know you love you some good rant. And it's always nice to hear passion rising in you, rather than only see it through your work.

I think it can be intriguing to look at art and its messages, even if not necessarily true. Isn't that close to what you believe in, of letting the art speak? But art is light, and light casts shadows. As much as it reveals, it can obscure. And it can reveal what is not real, while obscuring what is.
Letting the penumbra seep in. Almost and never-reals.

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