Art
by Harshith Iyer · updated 3mo ago
Art
Nostalgia is a socially malignant force
Harshith Iyer added 3mo ago
- humanities scholars see a STEM topic they don't understand and think "damn, guess i don't understand that. they must be smart" while STEM people see a humanities topic they don't understand & go "they must just be making shit up"
Harshith Iyer added 4mo ago
- It’s ok to just not like something without fabricating a moral reason to fulfill your self-righteousness
Harshith Iyer added 4mo ago
- The reason why "diaspora poet" has become a denigrating term is not because people are afraid of the hard hitting truths about orientalism or art. It's because these poets, in their search for identity, end up approaching their heritage through an orientalised lens themselves.
Harshith Iyer added 4mo ago
"If no art makes you feel anything, make your own art and feel something"
- Jenna Marbles (I think)
Harshith Iyer added 4mo ago
- Put the arts back in schools and never let them leave again. Because now I understand how STEM only schools have not led to Innovation or critical thinking skills. Disinformation is prospering as a result
Harshith Iyer added 6mo ago
"An adaptation is an act of violence”
-Denis Villeneuve
Harshith Iyer added 6mo ago
“Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of cont
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- this is a symptom of a larger unwillingness to experience art without first being certain that you’ll like it. you see it in trope tags, movie trailers that spoil the whole movie, microgenres, algorithmic playlists, you get exactly what you want every time without ever exploring.
Harshith Iyer added 6mo ago
- if you already pay for a streaming service watching a new upload feels "free" so you're more likely to check out a movie that looks mid
from X. It’s what’s happening
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