Blind Tom

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    “The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, who follows blind instinct, strives to duplicate the reality of nature. The first one elevates art to its highest peak; the second one lowers it to its basest level.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “Come dame or maid, be not afraid,
    Poor Tom will injure nothing.”
    —Unknown. Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song (l. 11–12)