Discernment is always required in recognizing the difference between appearance and reality.
Individualist expression is essential to art, and demands a devotion to strenuous work. As a social phenomena, individualist expression alone is highly superficial, facile, and usually inconsequential beyond its sociological and psychological implications. It should not be conflated with art, as is often the case, but viewed as another matter altogether.
An artist's work speaks for the artist, and for itself.
Individualist expression is essential to art, and demands a devotion to strenuous work. As a social phenomena, individualist expression alone is highly superficial, facile, and usually inconsequential beyond its sociological and psychological implications. It should not be conflated with art, as is often the case, but viewed as another matter altogether.
An artist's work speaks for the artist, and for itself.
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