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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
Yeah. Again. Whatever someone wants to call art is art. Whoever calls him or herself an artist is an artist. It's actually important to leave it like that. Otherwise you just limit the possibilities of what art is or can be...
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Actually, I'm not even all that interested in whether something is or isn't art, and who should be the one to have the power to deem it so (or not). I'm more interested in hearing about what art is. What is it? How does it function (does it have a function)? Why do we make art? Why do we experience it? How does it affect us?
What does it do?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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