The calling of the artist is to capture conscious states, and nothing gets our attention like pain. Many of the best artists are deeply broken people. If we would give in to the philistine demand that artists be role models and art be sanitary, we'd lose much of the greatest art.
A large part of art is not concerned with emotion, and there is also a lot of art instigated and performed by groups?
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I'd say your arguments make sense. Mayby I should have added 'Ideally, and as my personal wish, all true art should...'
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