We must engage in a Revolution to bring power back to the artist Welcome to the scene of today Enormous amounts of idle potential - full of talk unwilling to walk Welcome to the scene of the comatose artist the apathetic scenster - always willing to state previous accomplishments too afraid to conquer new territory Not willing to listen to what could be for fear of having to take action This is the scene of yesterday s dreams This is where the artist will suffer and the term Scene becomes clouded This world is in the hands of it s careless inhabitants Oh you care So you re not one who rides on previous egotistical battles to reassure to all onlookers that your previous battle scars are enough to show your contribution to an otherwise pathetic scene Is it pathetic The scene in my head is so exciting and motivated that I doubt you could even picture it Oh and I suppose you think that now I m the egotistical one Self serving and only surrounding myself with a select few I guess I m the one who doesn t make an impact on a fully exterior empty interior world Two plus years of commitment Means nothing to those who ve been here for twice as long and have half as much to show for it What am I then What do I think I am It s not what I think - it s what I know I am an ansi artist I am what you are or maybe what you could be Honestly you could be so much more But one thing that I know I have and you don t is faith I believe in myself and that all I say that could be will be Not afraid to fall Not afraid to look up at a dissapointed face Why Because I will not fail and I will not dissapoint you I m above that Something tells me that you could be too My ears too often catch the whispers of the doubter I can t do it Too often does the doubting Thomas speak his piece and the David inside retreat in fear Too often do we surrender to the feline instead of releasing the lion Your potential means all the world It means this world Your scene This place is just as much mine as it is yours Do what you will with it but do not make any attempt to destroy it I am a protector of The Scene Soldier to the unarmed The Scene cannot defend itself without the wicked and the wild to stand by it s side Infested with mental skill and cunning ability the soldier knows where it stands However the enemy is within Proclaiming it s love for our world and calling itself a true artist The enemy cheats and kills from inside The Scene walls The soldiers must unite and strengthen the wounded world Where do you stand With the true and pridefull or the meek and miserable You re here If you re going to stay make sure you do all that you can while you re here Otherwise leave The gates are always open to the unwilling Welcome to the pangea of politics So full of talk assigning territory and defining art Talking about art is like dancing about literature Who should stand tall at the top of the list Who shall be able to command all below Who is willing to even follow their orders We have created a place to communicate To involve ourselves with one another To share our scene with the scene of another Some believe that they deserve to be in control of each scene That their scene is the only scene and all those who oppose shall be banned To state a fact my way of doing things is not like yours The soldier lives by his own code The only rule to unite the soldier with another is to protect The Scene - at all costs So you talk about and pretend to be apart of The Scene What is this world to you Where exactly do you fit in No I m not asking you to define yourself now I m telling you to Yes my letter most definatly comes across as pompous and arrogant Yes I m aware that what I say now will offend some and intrigue others Where do you stand Does it offend you as much as it offends me to have all of this put in your face even though it is true What would offend me even more is if we kept this game going We ve been given the chance to create a world to become what we otherwise couldn t Don t turn your back on something so prosperous If I am to write again I would like it to begin with the line Welcome to the scene of today The home of the fearless and the artistic Why is it that I should be the one to write such a letter to such a mass audience Because you won t Someone has to take a step forward and speak up I no longer wish to see a potentially beautiful scene fall due to corruption What I expect to come from this letter is not for you to tell me that I m wrong I want you to show me that I m wrong That you are not apathetic and too arrogant to only do what is good enough I want you to be more Show me that you believe too catch22