If religion was true you wouldn’t need to brainwash children.
If it were true you wouldn’t need to worry about converting me.
If it were true it would be self evident.
It wouldn’t be a religion, it would just be life.
Hear hear!
MOULIN ROUGE PRIORITIES
According to Moulin Rouge, the four virtues Bohemia aspire to are “Freedom, Beauty, Truth, and Love.” To all my artistic friends, how would you prioritize these virtues in your own artistic sense? For me, it would be:
4. Beauty - The world can sometimes be harsh and ugly, this must be embraced if Beauty is to be truly appreciated; unfortunately, it is subjective and therefore a personal standard to be sought out on one’s own, rather than something to be aspired to as a collective.
3. Love - In terms of romance, I don’t care about love, it makes things complicated and difficult; but a fraternal love for all mankind is what I strive for: that everyone recognizes everyone else’s right to be who they are, and to make sure that above all else, we cause no harm to one another.
2. Freedom - The truest artistic freedom would be to harshly satirize someone in the audience and have them laugh along with the rest. To have people realize that in order for art to live, it must be free to breathe, speak, and send its message to the audiences, with the only restrictions being imposed by the artists themselves.
1. Truth - Art is a reflection of the world as perceived by the artist. If an artist does not create what they believe to be the truth, then the product is a shell; a piece with no life within it. That’s why above all else, we must have our art be as honest as it can be. If it’s ugly, let it be ugly. If it’s offensive, let those who hate it be offended… as long as the art reflects truth, then it is to be respected as such.
