---
id: "codex://object/art-is-for-people-who-want-to-feel-alive"
archive_id: "art-is-for-people-who-want-to-feel-alive"
slug: "art-is-for-people-who-want-to-feel-alive"
url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/art-is-for-people-who-want-to-feel-alive/"
type: "scroll"
title: "Art Is for People Who Want to Feel Alive"
summary: "Art is for people. who want. to feel. alive. not enter. tained,. not dis. tracted,. not im. proved. a. live. Pulse. in the. wrists. Heat. behind. the eyes. Sweat. on the. hips. salt. and. gravity. leaning. Something…"
date_published: "2026-03-08T17:34:32.000Z"
date_modified: "2026-03-08T17:34:32.000Z"
status: "published"
visibility: "public"
language: "en-US"
axes: {}
themes:
  - "signal"
  - "survival"
  - "observation"
  - "pressure"
constellations: []
tags:
  - "signal"
  - "survival"
  - "observation"
  - "pressure"
keywords:
  - "Scroll"
  - "signal"
  - "survival"
  - "observation"
  - "pressure"
author:
  id: "nathan-davis"
  name: "Nathan Davis"
  designation: "Archive Operator"
  role: "Archive Operator"
  handle: "@nathandavis"
  avatar: "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg"
  bio: "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
contributors:
  - id: "nathan-davis"
    name: "Nathan Davis"
    designation: "Archive Operator"
    role: "Archive Operator"
    handle: "@nathandavis"
    avatar: "/media/people/nathan-davis.jpg"
    bio: "Designer, builder, and curator of the Codex Archive."
relations:
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/heart-does-not-dream"
    slug: "heart-does-not-dream"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/heart-does-not-dream/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/signal-harvest"
    slug: "signal-harvest"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/signal-harvest/"
  - kind: "related"
    target: "codex://object/the-bones-hold"
    slug: "the-bones-hold"
    url: "https://ndcodex.com/objects/the-bones-hold/"
media: []
---
Art is for people
who want
to feel
alive-

not enter-
tained,
not dis-
tracted,
not im-
proved-

a-
live.

Pulse
in the
wrists.

Heat
behind
the eyes.

Sweat
on the
hips-

salt
and
gravity
leaning.

Something
un-
purchased
mov-
ing
under
the ribs.

Art is for
the ones
who sus-
pect
this
is
not
enough-

and dare
to
say
so.