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The model that runs the internet: advertising. Fans and followers will make one an artist, not art. It has already happened. T. Swift is one of its greatest ben
by FD3SA 12y ago
The model that runs the internet: advertising. Fans and followers will make one an artist, not art. It has already happened. T. Swift is one of its greatest beneficiaries.
Paul Graham's nightmare scenario...the entire adult world becomes a high school popularity contest, forever.
- vdaniuk 12y agoThe notion that Taylor Swift is not an artist is demonstrably absurd. She may be an artist whose art is overoptimized for commercial success, but that is irrelevant. Let's talk semantics. Who is an artist? An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts, and/or demonstrating an art. -Wiki
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- qzxvwt 12y agoAnd what is art? "The expression or application of human creative skill and imagination,... to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power:" - New Oxford American Dictionary So then one could say that art is simply the human expression of beauty. So, if someone doesn't find any beauty if the work of Taylor Swift, perhaps she's not an artist to them. Not that absurd considering beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- FD3SA 12y agoAh, a careless omission on my part. What I meant to say was: Fans and followers will make one an artist, not art alone. The creation of art is a necessary, but not sufficient requirement to becoming a successful modern artist. For that, you need art and fans, both of which TSwift has in abundance.