Sell out?

For a long time, I have had this image of Lenny Kravitz--a musician capable of taking his music to another level that can inspire and move people to action. Perhaps it is how he channels those who came before him, perhaps it is a naive hope of mine to see something transpire in a world where a revolution is truly needed. I held a momentary glimpse when I first heard "Love Revolution" the song has the vision and the movement behind it to do just what I thought Kravitz was capable of... until tonight when I saw this commercial for Kohls, featuring Kravitz and friends.

And a thought occurred to me.

Maybe Kravitz is who I thought him to be as an artist, he's just going another route. Like Andy Warhol before him, sometimes you have to test the boundaries of what is acceptable in art. We already know commercialism links work... but it is such a contradiction to think about a Love Revolution with shopping at a Kohls. Maybe it's a statement. Maybe it's a paycheck. I really don't know, but in order to make sense of this for me, I have to turn to the theories of abstract art.