rexbobcat
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I think intent matters. There's no way of reading an artist's mind to tell if they're BSing or not, but...If I painted two circles and a square on a canvas just for the sake of painting two circles and a square in a gallery, and a bunch of critics show up and say "it clearly shows the struggles of the middle-class during this economic recession", I know that that is just BS, but if I say "oh yeah, that's totally what I was going for" then who's going to question it without looking like an ass?
It's almost like a fluke or a bluff that is almost impossible to call somebody on.
I'd like to believe that intent is a large part of art, but it's impossibly difficult to empirically prove an artist's intent, so....I don't know...
It's almost like a fluke or a bluff that is almost impossible to call somebody on.
I'd like to believe that intent is a large part of art, but it's impossibly difficult to empirically prove an artist's intent, so....I don't know...