Art
Art
is the highest value.
In relation to the value truth,
it is the higher value.
The one, ever in a fresh way, calls forth the other.
Both values determine in their value-relation
the unitive essence of the intrinsic value-positing
will to power.
The will to power is the reality of the will or,
taking the word more broadly
than Nietzsche is accustomed to taking it:
the Being of that which is.
The Word of Nietzsche: “God Is Dead” by Martin Heidegger p. 86
Art is worth more than truth.
Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche Aphorism 853
I plan to attend the Water Street Studios opening tonight. I expect to be stimulated, feel a shift in my perception upon viewing the work displayed on the walls.
Art is a broad, ambiguous category.
I am persuaded by the passage quoted from Martin Heidegger’s essay which refers to the idea of “will to power” which Friedrich Nietzsche developed in his 
extensive writings. These lines suggest that art is the apex of our value-hierarchy. When we speak of “values” we indicate what is felt desirable. What do you and I want? Want equals desire equals value, to state the matter simply. What is not at all obvious, the deepest of our desires are the ones that do not come to mind, values involuntarily concealed beneath the surface.
These quoted lines indicate that art is the prime value, because no less than art 
gives birth to truth. Take a moment to consider. Art and truth have a relationship and art comes first. Art is the composing from materials a new image, or a shape, or a manner-of-expression (if the artist is a writer). Art and truth, in relation.
What is truth? That is the enduring age-old question. There is no single final answer. Truth is a matter of what you and I want. Wanting is valuing, and the foundation of that is: art. What we are able to see, to imagine is in constant flux. We design buildings (architects), remodel systems of governance (elected law-makers), massage our official policy toward other nations (statecraft) as an expression of our will, the impression of power, the élan vital, the vital force of our life.
What is my truth? What is your truth? What is our truth?
2 thoughts on “Art”
As has been previously discussed, unless we are dealing with mathematical formulas that are beyond questionable, the nature of truth is completely subjective. One can then surmise that, by that definition, art is equally as subjective as truth. So going off on an odd tangent, can a case be made that a Donald Trump rally is a form of performance art? It is made up out of his imagination, it stirs the emotions of those who experience it, and it is viewed by many as absurdist (or perhaps abstract if I chose to be kind). In that context can we describe this rally as closer to truth than actual fact, based on the Nietzsche descriptors above?
Art in any form only projects the individual who created the work. Everyone else uses it as a mirror to reflect their own sense of life. Just like the Tao. Attendees of a Trump rally see their own frustrations reflected back at them. They are blinded and cannot see the dysfunctional man/child babbling at the podium.
I agree with everything that you wrote about the MAGA rally as art. Art is not a matter of good or evil. It is prior to such judgments. Art is the corner-stone to world making. This means that conflict, friction between competing imagined worlds is inevitable, something we just embrace. Gods always contend among themselves, no different than the old stories of the inhabitants on Olympus.