I think good art is necessarily blind to whether or not it offends or disappoints people.
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Replying to @SIN_Notung
@SIN_Notung So you're saying good art can't be deliberately offensive? Seems a stretch...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp yeah true- hard to express coherently what I mean. I suppose I mean not altered by how one thinks it will be received.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SIN_Notung
@SIN_Notung Well, that really can't be true! Lot of great music and art was produced for patrons, etc., so reception must have been in mind.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp I might be naive, but part of me hopes that Bach wasn't concealing something better up his sleeve!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SIN_Notung
@SIN_Notung Sure, not better, but maybe something different. Didn't Bach write celebratory music for court events, etc?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp yes but I don't mean it can't be purposeful or inspired. More like: ...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @SIN_Notung
@PhilosophyExp "I would write a B major chord but they may not like that. So I'll write a G major chord instead." Sort of like that!3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@SIN_Notung ...harmony are at least partly rooted in a psychology of music appreciation that's sensitive to that stuff...).
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