Overheard on the Titanic
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Overheard on the Titanic
As I think about where we’re at right now in the big art and social cycles I can’t help but remember that day back in Chicago listening to The Shape of Punk To Come with my coworkers. I’m reminded how what seemed so obvious to some of us seemed unfathomable, even insulting to others. I think about that and think about how people have talked about... See more
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on and creates the context of the world around it. Art of any kind endures because it captures some understanding, some piece of the world, so purely that it becomes a piece of the world itself.
David Berry • How Artists Make Money and How Money Makes Artists
Art, then, for art’s sake—now more than ever. The artist today may be less likely to attain fame or celebrity than those in prior generations, but there’s only so much rocket fuel available for that kind of creator, the one who labors solely for worldly accolades. We must have art that escapes old frameworks and binaries. It is possible, and it’s... See more