I Have Always Wondered...

[rayheinrich]

Life... and apparently a good dose of procrastination.

Avoidance of unpleasant activity is the root driver of artistic
creation of any sort. All other explanations are attempts to
disguise this. Artists, politicians, fake cat-oil* hucksters, and
others of that ilk use words like "truth", "wisdom", "love",
"justice", "beauty", etc. to disguise their hypocrisy.



* Cat oil is majorly responsible for cats' phenomenal acrobatic abilities.
It's quite valuable as there's a teaming black market in it for use as a
doping agent for gymnasts, divers, acrobats, and professional tumblers.
(Harvesting said oil, by the way, is not an activity for the faint of heart.)