The Load Out / Stay by Jackson Browne is one of the greatest songs because what it evokes about performance art.
The best performance artists I have ever seen are the ones that 'after the show,' are ready for the next show. That is what makes Buonaratti's David amazing - it is David about to take on the great Goliath.
Not only are they ready for the next show, but they learned what mistakes they made during their performance that allows their craft to take a new shape, form and meaning.
Performance art as I know it, consists of tirelessly rehearsing songs with a band, tweaking the songs for the 'would be' audience, then 'full preparation.'
The best performers (and you can define artists however you want - novelists, street clown, comedian, actor, musician, sculptor, news reporter, etc. - if it requires an audience - it can be construed as some performance), don't think of their immediate craft as art, which is exactly what makes it 'interesting,' 'imaginative,' or 'worthy.'
I'm not going to get into 'what is art' and does it imitate life or vice versa, however when Michelangelo was awarded that enormous, deteriorating slab of marble, he had no intention of creating a piece of art... This is because, to him ... the David was already in the marble. It was just something that had to be extracted, and he was the man to do it.
It was through his vision, humility, skill, intellect, and promise of a new day that he was able to pull
David out of the marble.
What's even more amazing, a couple of years later he was asked to paint a ceiling. If you've never seen the
David or the Sistine Chapel... you should. I count my blessings that I was able to do so.
If you have never 'performed,' you should (in any aspect)... because then you can appreciate real 'performances' and real 'art.' ... and what it's like once the performance art is over.
Why do we always want more of The Bachelor, and the What box is the Million Dollars in show, and what can I get to instantly to satisfy me... 3 years is a decent run for these shows right? That's how many years Michelangelo spent extracted the great David from the marble... and 4 to paint a ceiling... I wonder if he turned on the TV after these remarkable endeavors.
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