We are the makers of music, we are the dreamers of dreams.

Just thinking a bit about the nature of artistic creation in this world, and how much of an effect it has on who we are as a people. Art gives our lives some perspective with which to make some kind of sense of it all. I for one do not know where my life would be without Matisse, Hesse, Radiohead, Fellini, and the Cremaster weirdness.
Plus there's all the paint, the cameras, the typewriters, crayons, paper, clay, wall space, sculptures, figurines, movies, all of it. Cave paintings. Imagine a world where there is naught but mathematics and engineering. I for one would go crazy.
And our results oriented society does not value art as it should. Art is the celebration of the rituals of the process of living, and should thus be given a more important place in our politics. If you haven't already, perhaps you should sign this petition, created by Quincy Jones, to recommend to President Obama that there be a cabinet level position for Secretary of the Arts.
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/esnyc/.
That is all.
Wait. The picture. My beloved pickup truck went over 100,000 miles recently. Thanks Travis. Congratulations Grizzly!