An unprofitable truth.

Art does not need to be owned to be experienced.

Its fullness can be drunk in without a share in a company, or purchase price paid.

All it requires is you to be there with it.

Now this can obviously throw up some challenges, and yes some of those challenges may introduce a cost, but this cost isn't indicative of experiencing art. If a work is shown in a museum with an entry fee, and later shown in one without, the quality of the art does not change.

Please don't get me wrong here, in a capitalist system art still absolutely needs the support of finance, for capital has made itself a necessity alongside food and water in our modern world. But whether its dollars, cheques, cowry shells or Krugerrands, none are vital to the actual interaction and experience of the artwork and the individual viewing it.

I know some may think to seize on a wrench here to toss in in my gears. They may put forth that without ownership art cannot survive and therefore cannot be experienced. That ownership is necessary both for supporting the current artists and preserving their work long after they pass. To which i would throw back a mountain of work that predates even the nearest cousin to our current systems of ownership and capital by tens of thousands of years. (a number of which have been preserved despite any hint of profit).

I'd also reiterate my earlier point that when i say art does not need to be owned to be experienced I am not saying art needs nothing to survive, only that it is a truly beautiful thing, within the full and vibrant world of beautiful things we have made, that art amongst all of them, can be fully experienced without a cost. Flying costs, travelling at 200mph costs, the finest food and most refined silk, all these things are closed to you without at least some cost. But art? Theres no coin slot in the frame to activate the work, no two tier subscription one in HD one in 4K. You may not have access to every work you wish but if you cant see it in person you can certainly find an approximation online, for free.

The greatest render, the most stunning write up, cannot deliver you the taste of aa great chefs food, or the thrill of travelling at speed. But art? That can find its way straight through a screen and in to your mind and heart. Unbound by its cost, of the limitations of the physical world it transcends. What's more, and what is so wonderful, is that the contemporary art world is full of digital art. Art which loses nothing when all you have access to is a machine.

And yet... the next reel on tik tok is more appealing, the quick dopamine hit of controversy, the delicious taste of rage bait, we fill our minds mouths with this, and wonder why we atrophy so.

So remember all of it is there for you, we as artists put it all out there, theres no admission fee for my website or social pages. I do my best to give you a full view of my work at all times, You could spend a month with some of my pieces reading all the poems and data, you could enjoy every moment of that month, and you could pay me nothing for it. That is the beautiful gift of the world we live in, don't squander it.