Challenge #02046-E222: Mundane Profundity
http://avita-creator.tumblr.com/post/175729151210/theshitpostcalligrapher-mysteryseeker
For these are the hidden gems of the time known as the shitpost era of the Internet, and are now treated in our spacefaring days, as they treated their own classical texts of Shakespeare and Marlowe. -- Anon Guest
It was a cross-stitch sampler in a frame, and it had profound words carefully sewn into the underlying fabric. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are. Next to it, another one read, I will face God and walk backwards into Hell. And it featured a sewn representation of matching, very human, obscene gestures. A third read, Best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. Second best time is today.
Humans, for all their insane bloodthirsty shenanigans, had some profound words come out of them, sometimes. Rox picked up one that said, We are all parts of the Universe, seeking to understand itself. "Where do these come from?" ze asked.
The Human running the stall was wearing the brown robes of an Archivaas. "That one is from an ancient drama set in an imagined future, roughly in our present day. Others in this collection are from the Pre-Shattering Nouveau Dadaist era of what they called 'shitposts'." They briefly touched the one with obscene gestures. "Many are from expendable entertainments called video games." This time, they held up one that read, I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.
"None of this is classic literature?" boggled Rox. Some of it had to be.
The Archivaas pointed to a larger work labeled Display Only. Not for sale. That one read, It's almost like art isn't just fine art. They said, "The truth of art lies in those who find it profound and useful. Be it for their eyes, their mind, or their soul."
Chills. How did the Humans just do that all the time? "How much to get what you just said stitched and framed?"
"If I start now, I can have it sewn in five hours."
Rox handed over eight Hours. It was worth it.
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