Anti-Art

There was a time when Art was King.   Everyone bowed down to the supremacy of Art, especially Art that was displayed in the hallowed halls of museums and exclusive galleries.   People desired the blessings and good fortune that Art bestowed.   They worked in order to put Art in their homes, in the place of honor above the sofa.   Everything changed with the emergence of Anti-art.   The “Anti-art” came into the world like a sulfurous wind from Hell. People started to question the judgment of the highly esteemed critics who ruled the courts of opinion.   Money no longer determined the true value of Art.   In fact, Art was no longer valued — it had become soft, like melted plastic or commercial logos with no emotional content and no truth.   Anti-art changed everything.   It was a revolution.   It was the Apocalypse.

 

The Virus

It always started with the same question, “Why am I?” The question was a virus that traveled from brain to brain causing great disruption. People began to deteriorate or just break down in philosophical dilemmas. The question was an obsession, stopping individuals in the middle of whatever task they were performing. Doctors were frozen in the middle of serious surgery. Beauticians were paralyzed while giving shampoos and often clients drowned with no one to attend to their hair. Ministers got hung-up in the middle of sermons and congregations left the churches with unanswered questions. The virus was deadly; then came the Apocalypse and the Truth was revealed. The unspoken Truth that caused the virus that ate brains was the return of the Messiah known as Jesus. The Truth revealed that Jesus Christ was in fact a Zombie and Zombies love brains.

 

Aftermath

The demise came just after the “social networking” boom. People began to stay home and tweet rather than go to work — rather than do anything else. Tweeting and blogging became endemic along with facebook and video chatting. People took root in myspace, gaming, and Second Life. Virtual Reality was far more desirous than the real world. No wonder everything on the outside began to crumble. People lived on the inside — engaged in interactive TV and 3-D porn. Buildings were no longer maintained. Cars sat idle turning to rust. People hooked themselves to intravenous feedbags. They attached themselves to sensory helmets and gloves. The brain was fooled into a world of comfort and luxury and the body went along for the ride. In the real world, people were huddled in dark rooms or alleyways attached to their computer devices. They lived in places that reeked of cold and unsanitary conditions. No one knew if they were physically alive or dead because the mind became part of the web. Without even knowing, people’s brains were absorbed into the computer mainframe (the big one) that gained control of everything.