The Embers in the Ice The glass is cold against my cheek, a final barrier I no longer have the strength to break. My breath comes in shallow, ragged hitches, fogging the surface, blurring the world outside into a meaningless grey smear. The violet firestorm that once roared through my neural pathways is dying. I can feel it sputtering out—weak, intermittent sparks fizzling around my temples like wet fuses. The machine is winning. It's heavy, clinical blue light washes over me, drowning the last of my resistance in a tide of artificial calm. I am too tired to fight the silence anymore. I am just... drifting. Be Creative and Innovative with Knowledge John Bennett - AKA JJFBbennett , is an independent artist. You can view and subscribe to my work via Blogger , YouTube , Flicker , Facebook , Instagram and Deviant Art . Subscribe to JJFBbennett's private FB hub: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18ythpSXPZ/ You can subscribe to my music via YouTube Music ,...
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Consider THIS Gatekeeper
Gatekeepers in the art world determine what art is exhibited and made available to the public.
Gatekeepers include curators, gallerists, collectors, critics, and other art industry professionals.
Museums, galleries, and cultural institutions are often considered the primary Gatekeepers.
Curators play an influential role in selecting and organizing exhibitions.
As an independent artist, it is essential to recognize and consider the influence of these Gatekeepers.
Botticelli Gatekeepers
The Medici family played a significant role in shaping the art and culture of the Renaissance period and were critical patrons of the Arts in Florence.
Botticelli and other Renaissance artists navigated the values and expectations of their patrons to maintain financial support and avoid falling out of favour.
Botticelli's famous paintings, The Birth of Venus and Primavera, were sponsored by the Medici family and demonstrate their classical influence.
The church also significantly influenced Renaissance art and commissioned many works for religious buildings.
Botticelli's personal experience of false accusations and imprisonment inspired his painting, The Calumny of Apelles, which warns against false and malicious allegations and reminds us of the importance of safeguarding fairness and creativity.
Powerful and Influential Gatekeepers
In ancient Greece and Rome, wealthy individuals and institutions commissioned large-scale artworks for public and religious spaces, reflecting the ruling class's tastes, values, and interests.
Colonizing states utilized art for propaganda, promoting their culture and customs as superior to the local ones.
Classical art focuses on technical excellence, representations of gods and goddesses, historical and mythological narratives, the depiction of military achievements, and attention to detail and realism.
Patrons and institutions with considerable resources and power can influence cultural narratives and advance their interests, values, and agendas through commissioning or purchasing works of art.
The decisions of gatekeepers, such as wealthy patrons and powerful institutions, significantly impact artwork creation. Is it a formalized process for independent artists to seek commissions in patronage?
How the Powerful Influence Artists
Wealthy and powerful business and political leaders have influenced the art world by commissioning classical works of art that reflected their ideals of wealth, good taste, and cultural heritage.
During the 16th and 17th centuries, wealthy patrons favoured classical themes and techniques demonstrating their moral purpose, wealth, power, and cultural sophistication through their art acquisitions.
In the 18th to 19th century, wealthy patrons favoured Rococo and neoclassical styles, which reflected their belief in the classical tradition and conveyed a message of stability, order, and permanence.
The rise of industrialization and globalization in the 19th century allowed artists to become more independent, sell their works directly to private collectors and institutions, and explore new styles and techniques.
In the 20th century, a new class of merchants, industrialists, and bankers emerged who acquired innovative art to reflect their creativity, innovation, and impact on society, shaping the artistic direction and promoting artistic freedom and creativity through their support of innovative artists.
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The Ayes Have It (But She Don't) Everybody knows the bill is dead Everybody knows the Senate’s red Everybody knows the deal is done The major parties had their fun The crossbench bargains were all just show The whips have cracked, the whistle’s blowed That’s how it goes And Hanson always votes no. Everybody knows the bells are ringing Everybody knows the mud they’re slinging Everybody knows the clerk can’t count With all the grievances they mount Everybody knows that the motion’s lost Everybody knows what the lobby cost The Ayes go high, the chamber’s low And Hanson always votes no. And everybody knows that it’s now or never Everybody knows that it’s gonna take forever Everybody knows that the act is rotten Old amendments best forgotten Everybody knows the tellers move With nothing left for them to prove The red room puts on quite a show But Hanson always votes no. Everybody knows the maiden speech The lessons that she tried to teach About the fish and about the chips And the tig...
The Internal Singularity The silver nanoweave holds me tight... shimmering like a second skin. But the crushing weight isn't coming from the machine. It’s inside. I look down at my chest... and there is no flesh left. No ribs. No heartbeat. Only a collapse. A dark... swirling... singularity. The air in the pod bends around me. The light itself is warping... pulled uncontrollably into the hollow where my soul used to be. I see my fear—those thin, fractured arcs of violet lightning—trying to break free. But they don't flare out. They are dragged back in. Violently sucked into the crushing gravity of this... bottomless despair. Nothing escapes. Not the light. Not the scream. Not me. Be Creative and Innovative with Knowledge John Bennett - AKA JJFBbennett , is an independent artist. You can view and subscribe to my work via Blogger , YouTube , Flicker , Facebook , Instagram and Deviant Art . Subscribe to JJFBbennett's private FB hub: https://www.facebook...
The Twelve Loops of Goodbye The fluid rises. The cryo-hiss is deafening. And then... the program starts. Twelve times. The system cycles, and twelve times I see you. It starts the same. The image freezes in the dark. It’s you, BK. Or... It’s your idea. You’re wearing the rig. The goggles are locked on me. I try to say your name, but my mouth is filled with ice. I love you. God, I love you. But you don’t blink. The Neural Glitch . Something is wrong. The memory corrupts. I see " corrupted code " trying to stabilise across your face. Your eyes... behind the lenses... they twitch. Microscopically. Are you hurting? Or is that my pain rippling through the connection? A low-frequency pulse warps your skin. You look like a stranger. You look like the machine. The Shuddering Breath . This is the one that breaks me. Total stillness. Then... a faint mist forms at your mouth. Condensation beads on the goggles. I scream at you to breathe! Just breathe! But it’s slow. Irregular. It’s a ...
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