tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650614.post6638940349059941494..comments2024-01-10T18:34:38.739-08:00Comments on Modern Mythology: The Art of Steven Leyba Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04721839742206290258noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650614.post-69223204971919068532013-03-05T01:47:26.866-08:002013-03-05T01:47:26.866-08:00What do you see as the role of artist, shaman or s...What do you see as the role of artist, shaman or story-teller in the 'modern' age? Are they the same? <br /><br />In the modern age (as in the past) you have artists, shamans, and story-tellers embodied by a single individual and other individuals who may possess only one of these characteristics. The role of the artist in this age is largely enacted through the corporatocracy, if I may borrow the term from John Perkins, in which the power of self-transformation is geared toward standardized mutations. Artists playing the part on behalf of those outside of the machine either consciously or subconsciously are exorcising, so to speak, the virus from those who they unconsciously work through and/or are creating new ground upon which to base one's senses. I think basically the same could be said for the other two players as well - the storyteller and the shaman. These two, however, get the job done through other means - the medium is the message, of course.JaddiXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859821073506194929noreply@blogger.com