The Beatniks

One thing I found fascinating about the The Beat Generation is their collective eclecticism. The fusion, if you will, of spontaneity, open emotion and most important visceral engagement was unprecedented. This blend of raw creativity became the basis for self expression and artistic imagination sampling ideas from every philosophical, artistic and literary tradition, ripped them, cut them, remixed them and rendered a visual, acoustic and tactile medium that created a canvas on which to paint our ever-changing contemporary reality.