Tradition has a way of closing off
creative thinking, it is steeped in ritual
and regulation, with formulas
embedded in clear thought but whose
genius is forgotten in later generations
and it is the artist’s job to break the shackles
of current habits to awaken the mind
to larger possibilities and to realize
new paradigms for living. It is the ignorant
who hold fast to traditions when the predictable
gives way to the uncertainty of new forms
whether it is science, mathematics or religion
education is designed to conform existing ideas
leaving the dreams to the insane or locked-up
making every effort to shape the learner
in a mold set firmly in concrete
and it takes an artist to come with the sledge hammer
to break-up the stagnant thought
pushing the limits of accepted wisdom
to reveal new truths.
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