— But It Might Be a Musical
The old powers want you to think in straight lines.
Preferably, straight lines that lead into an algorithm, a ballot with two bad options, or their fourth vacation home.
They want you to choose between “bad” and “worse,” stay politely quiet while they rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic, and accept whatever “freedom” comes bundled with a terms-of-service agreement longer than your lifespan.
But history’s greatest transformations didn’t come from rule-followers.
They came from dangerous thinkers—people who imagined the impossible and then said, “Actually, let’s do it.”
And now? We need another one. A New Renaissance.
In the first Renaissance, painters made the human body look glorious, scientists threw shade at old maps, and poets wrote about feelings so passionately you’d think they invented heartbreak. It wasn’t just discovery—it was rebellion.
Today, the world is a dumpster fire in a business suit, and while critical thinking is the bucket of water, creative thinking is the flamethrower that turns that blaze into a bonfire of joyful resistance.
Critical thinking asks:
- Who profits from keeping this broken system exactly the same?
- Whose voice is missing from the story?
- Is this “fact” actually just some guy’s blog from 2009?
Creative thinking asks:
- What if we replaced the whole system with something radically better?
- Can resistance include interpretive dance and vegan cupcakes?
- Could this revolution wear sequins and cite peer-reviewed studies?
Because here’s the truth:
You can dismantle a corrupt empire with facts,
but you can only inspire people to build something new with art.
You can’t spreadsheet someone into hope—
but you can give them a protest song they’ll hum all the way to the voting booth.
Revolutions need more than policy.
They need paintbrushes, guitars, memes, murals, flash mobs, and interpretive dances about tax reform.
They need the laughter that keeps us going when the headlines try to crush our spirit.
They need the weird, wonderful, joyful noise that reminds us what’s worth fighting for.
And that’s why we’re calling all artists:
- Musicians—turn your rage into anthems.
- Painters—cover those grey walls with visions of the future.
- Poets—make words burn hotter than a billion-dollar ad campaign.
- Puppeteers—your time has come. We need puppet insurrections and sock-powered rebellion.
The powers that be know how dangerous art is.
Why do you think they keep cutting school arts programs and funding another corporate yacht instead?
Because they understand that art is the oxygen of every movement.
So sharpen your skepticism—
but also sharpen your pencils, tune your guitars, and refill your glitter cannons.
This New Renaissance will not be polite.
It will be loud, hilarious, furious, and breathtakingly beautiful.
Brighter days aren’t just taken back—
They are designed.
Painted.
Composed.
And occasionally tap danced into existence.
And if anyone tells you art won’t change the world?
Tell them that’s exactly what the last guy in power said…
right before the theater kids built a guillotine out of papier-mâché and ran the soundboard for the revolution.
