What do you want from Art?

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57. a Maverick, a Mustang, a Montego, a Merc Montclair

well maybe not the Maverick. Cars are one of the great American art forms, at least they were until the mid 70's.
that Merc Montclair is significant because it reflects not only a great tune by the Tubes, but an earlier, stellar effort by Captain Beefheart, Big Joan Sets Up. Called an American primitive, Vliet was surely much more than that. A child prodigy kept from art schools by homophobic parental worries, Beefheart/Van Vliet went on to perform at the top of several art forms, music, poetry, drawing and painting.
I like art that takes me back in time, not too far, just into the wealth of cultural splendor that I was lucky enough to grow up in.
Qualities of life that cannot be found in real time.
Art that appeals to me the most transports me somewhere else.
Sometimes on four wheels.