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An interesting property of art is that is doesn't enforce anything. You have to be willing to accept its message. War is pretty much the exact opposite end of
by AsymetricCom 13y ago
An interesting property of art is that is doesn't enforce anything. You have to be willing to accept its message. War is pretty much the exact opposite end of the same line of distributing power.
- igravious 13y agoI've long since thought that the relation of peace to war is that of the absence and presence of violence. Whereas the relation of art to war is also one of opposition but along a different axis, that of creativity and destruction. Looked at this way war has at least two 'opposites'. I put opposites in quotes because I think there are far fewer actual binary dichotomies than people make out. While I'm on the topic. Same for love. They say the opposite of love is hate. But whereas love draws people together fear keeps keeps them apart so you could also say that fear is the opposite of love. Looked at in this way love has at least two 'opposites'. I wonder how many other traditional binaries could be broken?
- AsymetricCom 13y agoThings where all strategies are fair: war, love
- igravious 13y agoWell spotted! :) What is that expression? "All's fair in love and war"
- TausAmmer 13y agoIn fear people come together to unite. In Love people come together to form amazing communities. In brink of war people unite to protect. You can apply anything with anything. War is just another expression of art.