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Cavemen painting animals on walls was technically our first recorded attempt at sympathetic magic

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Art started out as the ultimate 'fake it till you make it' hustle. Anthropologists theorize that ancient cave paintings of successful hunts weren't just prehistoric interior design, but 'sympathetic magic.' The idea was that by drawing the animal being killed, they were mystically ensuring it would happen in reality. Basically, the original vision board.

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Cavemen painting animals on walls was technically our first recorded attempt at sympathetic magic
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