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Art does not portray events as they were, it attempts to show what they mean.
i really like that aphorism. is it original?
it reminds me of picasso's 'art is the lie which tells the truth'
very pithy, thanks 'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty
Picasso's version is waaaay better keep to the Fen Causeway
Although many of the artists I know would not recognize that statement, because they do not work from identifiable events, but from presences.
Another version, closer to my own view, is that all art exploits bugs in the human system, basically within the brain (which includes the optic system). And the biggest bug is in thinking that experience 'makes sense' - that is it has meaning. You can't be me, I'm taken
And the biggest bug is in thinking that experience 'makes sense' - that is it has meaning.
um, that's a feature.
your homunculus is out to play... get him back in his box, quick! 'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty
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