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“Caves are cool in warm weather. Beware of bats, however. Bat urine will give you, as well as animals such as dogs, the rabies. Photograph supposedly shows an early man drawing on the walls of a cave. Such cave drawings are nearly all faked but are great tourist attractions. Cave drawings are invariably "discovered" in remote parts of a cave. If they were allegedly found in readily accessible areas of caves, they would be quickly declared to be fakes.”

Bats Caves Cave Art Prehistoric Art

Book:How to Get out of the Rat Race and Live on $10 a Month

Source: How to Get out of the Rat Race and Live on $10 a Month

“i painted it because i dreamed it because we all dreamed it”

Painting Painter Free Verse Paleolithic Cave Art

Book:The Little Boy and the Painter

Source: The Little Boy and the Painter

“why do you paint in the dark' i ask him and he looks not at me but away 'because i cannot bear my own darkness in the light' he is quiet for some time 'but inwardly i am told where there is paint to be and i paint it there in the dark so none can see myself truly burning in the sun”

Painting Painter Free Verse Paleolithic Cave Art

Book:The Little Boy and the Painter

Source: The Little Boy and the Painter

“Time passed. Art came off the walls and turned into ritual. Ritual became religious. Religion spawned science. Science led to big business. And big business, if it continues on its present mindless, voracious trajectory, could land those of us lucky enough to survive its ultimate legacy back into caves again.”

Science Capitalism Ritual Big Business Cave Art

Book:Villa Incognito

Source: Villa Incognito