selune

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by selune 8y ago
Eh, aesthetic pleasantness does not always go hand-in-hand with art, not nowadays. But yes, I can agree that art is essentially encoded data.
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by selune 8y ago
I feel like such things have been around kind of everywhere but just low-key. I'm from postsoviet space and I used to frequent on forums/social medias where there were also lots of people from role playing subculture (not sexual,
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by selune 8y ago
It is not necessarily a bad idea, it's just one of the ideas. IIRC Ruskin, a leading art critic in 19th century, argued that art (aka paintings) should be moral and Christian and I'm pretty sure at least a few really clever mediev
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by selune 8y ago
It would make more sense but then what's the point in arguing about it? It has that capacity , because, well, I feel empathetic towards certain people/groups of people after, say, watching some movies. Case closed. I feel like
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by selune 8y ago
As a simple-minded movie lover I agree with that sentiment regarding films. :) But cinema is just one of many artistic forms. Do St. Peter's Basilica or Rei Kawakubo's clothes generate empathy? Should they even? Those are prominen
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by selune 8y ago
Is it even a widespread idea that "art promotes empathy"? I feel like nowadays we're talking about morality of art mostly when we're talking about mainstream media (representation in popular media etc). I'm no art c
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by selune 8y ago
Just... let people enjoy things their own way. I like taking photos of architecture and I don't like talking to people or immersing myself into culture (I rarely even eat local food because of my diet). Tourism is a form of entertainme