The Best Art is destroyed before it is ever corrupted by an audience.

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Rayj, I'm with you. A lot of stuff that moves me seems to be made with no regard for anyone but the person who made it. But I'm simply saying (at least) two additional things: first, some art is made with some awareness of others; second, even art that's oblivious to others can and does serve things other than the artist him or herself.

LutherBlissett wrote:Rayj, I'm with you. A lot of stuff that moves me seems to be made with no regard for anyone but the person who made it. But I'm simply saying (at least) two additional things: first, some art is made with some awareness of others;

True. I see both of those 'somes' as two poles on a variable scale.

LutherBlissett wrote:second, even art that's oblivious to others can and does serve things other than the artist him or herself.

This is true of any artistic expression, for better or for worse. It is also a side effect of the result of an expression's existence...one that really has no bearing on the creation of that expression at all, unless there is a conscious focus applying it intentionally. That's one major reason why 'commercial' creative enterprises are so difficult to execute well, no?

JDanger wrote:The Best Art is destroyed before it is ever corrupted by an audience.

I'm not trying to pick a fight or be a smart-ass but think about what you just said. Seriously.

LutherBlissett wrote:If someone, like Aneurhythmia, wants to claim the opposite, that all art is produced with others in mind, I'd be just as quick to counter that claim, too.

Not all art, just 99.9% of it.

JC23by5 wrote:

JDanger wrote:The Best Art is destroyed before it is ever corrupted by an audience.

I'm not trying to pick a fight or be a smart-ass but think about what you just said. Seriously.

He might be right.
Would we ever know, though?
Is it even worth considering?

Marsupialized wrote:

Minotaur029 wrote:Where I grew up (Mt. Prospect), it was hard for me to acquire music that wasn't strictly corporate in nature

Mount Prospect is a suburb of Chicago that is situated exactally 22 miles away from downtown Chicago.

Yeah I can see where driving to reckless once and awhile would just be a huge drag, it being 20 miles away and all.

Yeah, because I knew what that was. You're "exactally" right. I believe it was Steve that showed up in Evanston as a "total dillweed who didn't know jack shit." Likewise, it took me a long time before I knew jack shit...where to go, how to find the good music. Additionally, I was always fuck poor growing up...all I could ever get were the shittiest jobs around...worked for minimum wage (or damn close to it) for way too many summers. In fact, right now I have a little less than $40 to my name...I spent most of it in order to see Shellac/Stooges with my best friend (I probably should have skipped it, but I had more money when I bought the tickets). I need to get through half of May with less than $40 before I can get a paid internship for an adult hack job. So fuck you. Asshole.