Saved by Stephania Correa and
in defense of pretension.
i am a bundle of all the work i have ever come into contact with. i think i can trace parts of my personality to all the anthony bourdain documentaries my grandmother used to watch. my sense of humor is a mix of my mother’s dryness and the work of rick riordan. if we all see the same five clips on tiktok, the same three luca guadagnino films, how... See more
Ayan Artan • in defense of pretension.
you will not shame us for seeing value in the practice of empathizing with people through this work.
there is so much to hate in this world. so much to mourn. it is a miracle that my heart still has the capacity to love; you will not strip me of what little joy i have sequestered for myself for the sake of my sanity. you cannot have our art.
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there is so much to hate in this world. so much to mourn. it is a miracle that my heart still has the capacity to love; you will not strip me of what little joy i have sequestered for myself for the sake of my sanity. you cannot have our art.
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Ayan Artan • in defense of pretension.
if you remove empathy and open-mindedness- the two traits i would argue art alone can teach us- from the way medicine is practiced or policy is passed, what are we left with? it was cold, reasonable ‘rationalism’ that gave us slavery and has allowed the perpetuating of genocides the world over. the removal of humanness from our thinking has... See more