Could be right and it could be wrong. What society or mainstream history labels genius is not always real genius. There's a lot of myth creation and PR involved in these matters.
There's shades between those two extremes that make this a beautiful adventure. For example if you knew nothing of art would you consider this Jackson Pollock and this Vincent Van Gogh expressing the same depth of emotion? or as it appears to me is it completely subjective to each person what moves them? I don't know what infinitely simple or infinitely complex means because infinite is a word used to describe something literally beyond our comprehension.
I don't know what infinitely simple or infinitely complex means because infinite is a word used to describe something literally beyond our comprehension.
Exactly. Life is beyond our comprehension. Art reaches for that transcendental state, to the eternal divine dimension, and it always fails (but good art fails beautifully). Yet that's what makes it human and relatable.
I don't think art's purpose is the expression of deep emotions, or at least that's not what makes art good in my aesthetics. As for Pollock, I find his art meaningless and degenerate and since we're in a conspiracy sub it'd be appropriate to point out he was heavily promoted by the CIA exactly for that reason (culture creation/subversion). Van Gogh is cool.
Could be right and it could be wrong. What society or mainstream history labels genius is not always real genius. There's a lot of myth creation and PR involved in these matters.
There is indeed for those incapable of grasping what is being discussed.
"Genius is making complex ideas simple, not making simple ideas complex."
"Genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops. Stop nodding your head."
Albert Einstein
"Genius is making complex ideas simple, not making simple ideas complex."
Depends on context. As far as art is concerned it works both ways because life itself is both infinitely simple and infinitely complex.
There's shades between those two extremes that make this a beautiful adventure. For example if you knew nothing of art would you consider this Jackson Pollock and this Vincent Van Gogh expressing the same depth of emotion? or as it appears to me is it completely subjective to each person what moves them? I don't know what infinitely simple or infinitely complex means because infinite is a word used to describe something literally beyond our comprehension.
Exactly. Life is beyond our comprehension. Art reaches for that transcendental state, to the eternal divine dimension, and it always fails (but good art fails beautifully). Yet that's what makes it human and relatable.
I don't think art's purpose is the expression of deep emotions, or at least that's not what makes art good in my aesthetics. As for Pollock, I find his art meaningless and degenerate and since we're in a conspiracy sub it'd be appropriate to point out he was heavily promoted by the CIA exactly for that reason (culture creation/subversion). Van Gogh is cool.