ART, an expression of human emotions and desires, manifests in many forms: music, painting, literature, both fiction and nonfiction. Anger, greed, vanity and the will to power manifest themselves into vibrant colorful forms of physical and psychological violence. One must wonder why, despite being practiced and improved upon for centuries, violence is still denied its rightful place in the spectrum of fine art.

For centuries, the symphony of pain composed by violence has been used for the dance of dominance, subjugation and compliance. The underlying pleasure of winning rushes dopamine through barbaric and untutored minds, arousing thirst and hunger for more. With unmatched intellect, humans are spending billions to improve upon the art to invent more forms of expression. Love, peace, tolerance and sacrifice, boring and devoid of thrill, are........

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