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So - artists kind of get put in a weird position here.
No one wants to be some kind of weird micro-tribalist pseudo-libertarian.
I came here to share and explore art - and having it be less toxic than X was at the time was nice. That’s most of what they have explicitly said they want to do with their censorship - b...
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I've stood up for Shane Gillis in the past because his Austin set and even Beautiful Dogs were doing something unique kind of undermining the culture wars dividing lines while actually doing some good (I think).
The uh, the SNL monologue everyone is upset about really did feel like it was different. In Tires he can sa...
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On some level I always kinda wanted Pepe Lepew to really *get* that cat.
I know, I know.
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I feel like when other people think you’re a scholar because you read a lot of books - if you’re self-aware you begin to realize the actual scholars are more like philology and archaeology specialists that are a whole different kind of thing from you the enthusiast.
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This is a good take, I think.
Ultimately, an artist is anyone who engages with the raw material of reality - sound, movement, language, code, or social dynamics - with enough mastery, emotional honesty, and intentionality that the finished work changes how someone else experiences being alive.
https://www.malloryshotwell.com/post/at-what-point-can
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My problem is that I find individual deer to be beautiful mysterious gentle spirits of the forest but they also just about killed my young raspberry plants I’m trying to grow so I also hate deer in general deeply on a gut level. 🦌
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Interesting and obnoxious thing about Twitter - if you're scrolling your feed it seems like it almost NEVER lets you stop in a place without an animation or video.
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