There aren’t really words to describe the potential impact of art. Some artists are like pioneers of human experience, and they pave the way for other people to experience parts of themselves that they may have never known they had.
Allowing yourself to really connect with a great work is an indescribable experience. Looking on your computer screen can’t do them justice—stand in front of a Van Gogh and let the awesome power of it wash over you. Art is one of the only ways to take a real walk in someone else’s mind to find the threads of commonality that bind us all.
This is sounding overly flowery, but it is how I really feel. Let yourself cry in a museum, and you will leave changed.
All that said, this act is art also, proved by the very fact that a lot of people feel strongly about it and are reevaluating their own feelings due to it. Not sure Assange is worth it, but I’m not the artist. Regardless of who they picked, the concept has been very effective.
If it moves a global population to reconsider themselves and the value of art and free speech at large, then it will be more useful than anything else I’ve done with my life so far. Catch me if you can!
Edit: Also, the key here is consent—the art owners are consenting. That is currently how we see private property—the right to keep or destroy.
Plus, I sort of feel like we agree. If I’m right, you’re saying that life is more valuable than art. I’m saying that art and life are both very valuable, and this is a reasonable use for art. Devaluing art is devaluing the weight they are balancing against the value of his life, and I’m just saying that both are valuable and the loss of either would be a tragedy, rightfully so.
There aren’t really words to describe the potential impact of art. Some artists are like pioneers of human experience, and they pave the way for other people to experience parts of themselves that they may have never known they had.
Allowing yourself to really connect with a great work is an indescribable experience. Looking on your computer screen can’t do them justice—stand in front of a Van Gogh and let the awesome power of it wash over you. Art is one of the only ways to take a real walk in someone else’s mind to find the threads of commonality that bind us all.
This is sounding overly flowery, but it is how I really feel. Let yourself cry in a museum, and you will leave changed.
All that said, this act is art also, proved by the very fact that a lot of people feel strongly about it and are reevaluating their own feelings due to it. Not sure Assange is worth it, but I’m not the artist. Regardless of who they picked, the concept has been very effective.
So its cool if I slit your throat for some paintings then
If it moves a global population to reconsider themselves and the value of art and free speech at large, then it will be more useful than anything else I’ve done with my life so far. Catch me if you can!
Edit: Also, the key here is consent—the art owners are consenting. That is currently how we see private property—the right to keep or destroy.
Plus, I sort of feel like we agree. If I’m right, you’re saying that life is more valuable than art. I’m saying that art and life are both very valuable, and this is a reasonable use for art. Devaluing art is devaluing the weight they are balancing against the value of his life, and I’m just saying that both are valuable and the loss of either would be a tragedy, rightfully so.