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It also stands to reason that no one has any business determining what is art and what is not in any sort of conclusive way because it is not a 'thing' we can define like a pen or a telephone. Like rb said, it is a way of cutting through all of the annoying extraneous obligations of 'consuming' art, but it's also another way of attempting to 'own' it.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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