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"Against Interpretation"
Against Interpretation is an essay by Susan Sontag that criticizes the prevailing emphasis on interpreting and analyzing works of art, arguing for a focus on experiencing and appreciating art for its own sake.
static1.squarespace.com“In the Western mind, creativity has for centuries been broken into two spheres – Great Art – for that read white, male artists with wealthy and powerful patrons who have been able to dedicate themselves to the sphere of creating in rarefied studios, without dirtying their hands in the world. And craft – anything associated with women, queer,
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