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Every belief and whim of the amorphous crowd Through sieves of mindless mind as scripture passes, And no divergence from the paradigm’s allowed. His labors transient, with fashion’s current shifting, He’s quick to relegate them to the grave When unto other superstitions favor’s drifting And new elites comprise the dominant enclave. His tastes simplistic, worn clichés abounding, His only sentiment a deferential rage, His only wit like infants’ prattle sounding, He locks himself in the conformist cage. He thinks that gold within his vaults will pile, That people will his “normalcy” admire, That any hint of history in style Will lose for his works popular desire. But what men know already's not their limit, And they pay artists to expand their scope, Whereas the panderer does merely trim it, Robbing the thinker of amelioration’s hope. Sole men have always been ideas’ bearers. Collective minds, committee thoughts do not exist. Tribal perceptions are among the greatest errors Of men who absolute, objective truth had missed. Thinker fuels thinker in advancement’s quest, But each mind seeks reality to tame, Rejecting what delusions fail the test, And caring not if crowds uphold the same. But panderers aren’t ultimately dollars seeking. To them conformity's the means… and end. The tribal urge aesthetic merit’s wreaking, Inciting masses lower to descend. Only the independent, adamant explorer Of bold, precise, undaunted flair Can undermine submission’s humbling horror. Only his plight can second-handers' faults repair.
G.
Stolyarov II is a science fiction novelist, independent
filosofical essayist, poet, amateur mathematician,
composer, contributor to
Enter Stage Right,
Le Quebecois Libre, and the
Ludwig von Mises Institute,
Senior Writer for
The Liberal Institute, and
Editor-in-Chief of
The Rational Argumentator, a
magazine championing the principles of reason, rights,
and progress. His newest science fiction novel is
Eden against the Colossus.
His latest non-fiction treatise is
A Rational Cosmology. Mr.
Stolyarov can be contacted at
gennadystolyarovii@yahoo.com. This TRA feature has been edited in accordance with TRA’s Statement of Policy. Click here to return to TRA's Issue VI Index. Learn about Mr. Stolyarov's novel, Eden against the Colossus, here. Read Mr. Stolyarov's new comprehensive treatise, A Rational Cosmology, explicating such terms as the universe, matter, space, time, sound, light, life, consciousness, and volition, at http://www.geocities.com/rational_argumentator/rc.html.
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