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It's almost like the quality of art and the artist's character are not related...
by seizethecheese 10y ago
It's almost like the quality of art and the artist's character are not related...
- pavel_lishin 10y agoThis is what I tell people when they start telling me that they refuse to read his work, or pay for his work, etc. But it's not like he's a painter; he tells stories of empathy, of understanding, of togetherness, of bridging chasms of understanding. He came up with the Hierarchy of Foreignness - he wrote stories of people emphasizing with insect hives, of aliens that have nothing in common with us, of people who suffer for others with no reward. And yet, he can simultaneously see the other side of the Necker cube where two men kissing is somehow going to bring down America. It's just... uncanny.