Humans have an awesome gift called the imagination. I knew a man who was once asked the question, "why does man create art?" and his response was, "Man creates art because he desires the unattainable." this statement can be proven in many ways to be true, the frescos on the walls of ancient buildings often depict angels, gods, and other mythical beasts. They may not have wanted to be Gods... but they did desire a purpose in life, they did look for some kind of existance after death, to prove that everything that was accomplished in life was not all pointless. I look at this carving in the wall, and i see a desire for a greater being, a desire to be safe, a desire to control ones destiny, by pleasing the Gods, one might hope to save his future.
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Humans have an awesome gift called the imagination. I knew a man who was once asked the question, "why does man create art?" and his response was, "Man creates art because he desires the unattainable." this statement can be proven in many ways to be true, the frescos on the walls of ancient buildings often depict angels, gods, and other mythical beasts. They may not have wanted to be Gods... but they did desire a purpose in life, they did look for some kind of existance after death, to prove that everything that was accomplished in life was not all pointless. I look at this carving in the wall, and i see a desire for a greater being, a desire to be safe, a desire to control ones destiny, by pleasing the Gods, one might hope to save his future.
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