In an age where it's so fucking over, we're so fucking back is always just around the corner. There's a spark to human creation that can't be mimicked efficiently or consistently over the long haul, you can see this with AI visual art even now. Some of the art AI produces is rather aesthetic, some of it I might just hang on my wall, but none of it resonates with me like say a singer-sargent piece, or even weebshit produced by mangaka. There's a divine element to human works that can't be removed or replaced, this holds true for all mediums even the written word.
A G.M. Baker quote I often steal (that I discovered courtesy of Erik Hoel funny enough) is roughly "Art is a question: Do you see it too?"
I feel this reinforces your second point since only a human can actually see and experience things, and then render an interpretation of lived experience in any medium. So yea I'm coping right there with you but content with that answer.
Something I forgot to add in more depth - I think there's something noble in resisting the onslaught of algorithmic art. Like some kind of "Last Samurai in the age of muskets" type of thing lol. Gotta mythologize yourself to maintain adequate & healthy levels of cope, to some extent.
"Classical music is boring"
You absolute cad!
In an age where it's so fucking over, we're so fucking back is always just around the corner. There's a spark to human creation that can't be mimicked efficiently or consistently over the long haul, you can see this with AI visual art even now. Some of the art AI produces is rather aesthetic, some of it I might just hang on my wall, but none of it resonates with me like say a singer-sargent piece, or even weebshit produced by mangaka. There's a divine element to human works that can't be removed or replaced, this holds true for all mediums even the written word.
I agree, and I want you to be right for as long as possible.
HUMAN FOREVER
A G.M. Baker quote I often steal (that I discovered courtesy of Erik Hoel funny enough) is roughly "Art is a question: Do you see it too?"
I feel this reinforces your second point since only a human can actually see and experience things, and then render an interpretation of lived experience in any medium. So yea I'm coping right there with you but content with that answer.
I'll take what I can get!
There's nothing wrong with elitism at all.
Mass literacy was a mistake, literature will return to its proper place as an art form for the initiated.
This will improve every aspect of the art save the paycheck, but the merchant's value system was always the enemy.
Thank you for the comment!
Something I forgot to add in more depth - I think there's something noble in resisting the onslaught of algorithmic art. Like some kind of "Last Samurai in the age of muskets" type of thing lol. Gotta mythologize yourself to maintain adequate & healthy levels of cope, to some extent.