It may come as a surprise that I have been so concerned about the arts. I have lived among the arts in the midst of poverty, as it were, for me the arts represent a level of perfection that's absent in the mundane. And being a creator confers independence, that was a laudable aim for me. Far from being entertainment, the arts were the very source of life for me. Part of it is hedonism, I don't want to be too lofty and conceited, I only read books I like. The arts are what makes life worth living, whether it's comedy or cooking, music or philosophy. Even the political should be considered an art, not a science, science infers repeatability and politics are always different in their circumstances. There is always a level of improvisation in politics. In that sense, you might say the Dead were the most political of all musical acts. The counterculture is going mainstream.
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