HeavenlyPossum on Nostr: The archeologist David Wengrow made a fascinating observation: in the archeological ...

The archeologist David Wengrow made a fascinating observation: in the archeological record of stateless societies, art is everywhere and incorporated into every object, and there are as many styles as there are people. In constant, the diagnostic artifact from the earliest Mesopotamian states is the “bevel-rimmed bowl,” a plain, ugly, and utilitarian verse that was mass produced, probably told hold a standardized ration for wage-workers and slaves.

Art is something that we intrinsically, instinctively produce, constantly, unless we’re prevented from doing so.