presoak@lazysoci.al to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe opinion of one great artist is worth more than the opinions of 100,000 normal people.message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down143
arrow-up1-35arrow-down1message-squareThe opinion of one great artist is worth more than the opinions of 100,000 normal people.presoak@lazysoci.al to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days 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.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 days agoThat’s like saying bananas taste good because 1000000 monkeys like them.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 days 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.