Art & Expression

[razrangel]

I just don't have the kind of time this subject deserves. Of course, a real treatment of it would take up whole libraries....

Anyway I've said many times that I support free speech even when I disagree, in fact even when I find the subject and attitude reprehensible. So I'm not saying here that there are things people shouldn't say, I'm mostly

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But maybe it is?

[aberrantvirtue]

Not going to argue with you too much... But!

When I create art, I am frequently confronted by people who "don't get it". (Writing, for me. Sometimes photography.) Perhaps even a majority of people who have been exposed to my art (in the singular instance, not those who chose to follow it) have found something offensive, objectionable, or confusing. This does not mean it is not art, nor a valid statement.

Someone (I don't know who) once said that the point of art is just to make you feel. Confusion is a feeling.

There's a logical following in that somewhere.

Re: But maybe it is?

[razrangel]

no... I don't want to say something isn't art or doesn't have a statement of it's creator within it. If you call it art, it's art and I'll decide for myself if I want to put it on my wall, you know?

I don't think we're disagreeing here. I'm just struck by the number of artists who look all surprised when there's any kind of reaction - or in the Andrew Dice Clay realm, persue reactions and then get pissy when they're not what they were hoping for.

For you, you might find your audience(s) and create stuff geared to them. You might also edit and write further drafts to zero in on the message you intend.

[diabhol]

Y'know what sucks? My work is scheduled in such a way that I can't hit the Thursday shows. (Of course, I could just get off my ass and go to a weekend show now that I can afford it, but still...)

I suddenly now want to see the Crumb biopic. He and I do seem to share a few opinions on the female form, after all. :)