Rob Ayling writes:
"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Tom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied with in seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not? why not indeed!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)
IMITATION FLATTERY
GOOD ARTISTS BORROW
Poor imitate originals
Slave shops China assembly line
Dali signed blank pages
Warhol Campbell Soup cans
Screenprinting copies/even Rodin
copied THINKER &BURGHERS OF
CALAIS
&THE LITTLE MERMAID.Picasso stole
influences
from Africa and his peers.Dali stole Gala
from a poet
Originality is a snowstorm .Photocopy is a
machine.
Now we have the technology to replicate-why
not?
Wal-Mart art .Homeless art.Prison art.FREE
THEM!
Price tags do not make new .Value is in the
eyes of you.Ask Juan Davila!
You might not know the name Butcher Billy, but if you love and appreciate
(as I do) the “Post/Punk New Wave Superfriends” or the “Real life villains in
the Legion of Doom,” then you already know the Brazilian artist’s subversively
daffy, pop...
dangerousminds.net
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