On My Rationale for Writing this History

My name is Harold Lorkmeier. I feel compelled to begin this continuing history out of concern for the fate of the arts in our rapidly changing times. In particular, I have been increasingly alarmed at the progression and development of a secretive collective of artists who refer to themselves only as Limitists (or some variation thereof). I am convinced that a movement founded on their stated aim of discovering "artistic truth" can only, like modern science and the cult of "fact" before them, devolve into a totalitarian ideology of control and manipulation in which the needs of the individual become secondary to the needs of the collective. If we are at all concerned with the preservation of a robust individualism in the tradition of the greatest artists of modern history, then we must keep a watchful eye on this rising movement, and remain vigilant against the influx of Limitist influence in contemporary theories of the arts.