An unchosen path

The artist cannot be direct. The artist must not be direct. He would then be no artist. The artist is no preacher. The artist is no pleader. He does not preach, nor plead, nor please for any purpose but to please. The artist must not be corrupted by some agenda of the self, for then does his art become corrupted, contrived, untrue. His only recourse is to resort to the available elements, and obscure their correct combination. A relativity of concepts. And the artist cannot speak for himself. And thus must he give of himself. His is a secondary voice. The artist cannot be direct.

The artist must die for his art. And what that means is, he must die for his artistry.