presoak@lazysoci.aldeleted by creator to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agoThe opinion of one great artist is worth more than the opinions of 100,000 normal people.message-squaremessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down147
arrow-up1-40arrow-down1message-squareThe opinion of one great artist is worth more than the opinions of 100,000 normal people.presoak@lazysoci.aldeleted by creator to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoGreat art is great because it’s in dialog with the opinions of 100,000 normal people (either in the production or the recognition).
minus-squarepresoak@lazysoci.aldeleted by creatorOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·5 months agoThat’s like saying bananas taste good because 1000000 monkeys like them.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-25 months agoFruit evolved to appeal to the animals that disperse their seeds, and art evolved to fill a social function that’s determined by the rest of society. The value of both is contingent on the roles they fill for others.
Great art is great because it’s in dialog with the opinions of 100,000 normal people (either in the production or the recognition).
That’s like saying bananas taste good because 1000000 monkeys like them.
Fruit evolved to appeal to the animals that disperse their seeds, and art evolved to fill a social function that’s determined by the rest of society. The value of both is contingent on the roles they fill for others.
Yes.