1. So I have a few thoughts about Jules Verne, Les Frères Kip, the Dreyfus case, D.H. Lawrence and Kanye West. (Jack Kirby may or may not show up as well).
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12. It's perfectly natural to be interested in an artist's life & explicit views, but that's never quite the same as encountering the art, which has a meaning that includes conscious intent but also goes beyond conscious intent.
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13. All of which is to say that if Kanye's music is meaningful to you, then you should continue to find meaning in it, whether he's dumping on George W. Bush or (ugh) praising Trump. Because the tale & the teller are separate.
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14. The interesting flip side of this is that you can't value an artist just for having your politics. I mean Jack Kirby, from my point of view, had great politics: social democrat, anti-fascist, anti-racist. But those views aren't the sum of his art either.
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HP Lovecraft wrote (imo, one of his better stories) "The Temple", which was probably intended as a propagandistic takedown of Germany specifically cause he had quite the WWI boner, but now comes off like an own directed at all reactionary nationalism
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Art is a personal expression that typically requires empathy to reach an audience. That’s why there are very few successful right-wing artists. The right-wing is insular and not outreaching. Kanye praising Trump advocates exclusion.
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