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I guess that the first step is to start seeing art as something normal and not as a mystical expression of the human soul that is manifested through ART™ or whatever they’re saying now to define true or false ART™. At least for me art is just a consequence of technique—that’s the etymology from ancient greek, and in my language there are non-artistic™ words that contain art in them—, and this technique can be studied, analyzed, criticized, and of course enjoyed. But is this technique just Fine Technique? Is there an Amateur and a Professional Technique? Art itself, whether it’s a masterpiece or pure garbage, is just the consequence of techniques.

Then here comes two things that I disagree with in your post: the classics™ and proper names. Regarding the classics there’s an obvious eurocentrism in defining not only the correct techniques for making art but also what is beautiful or ugly. How convenient for the west, they decided that western art is the most elevated form of it! This becomes evident when you live in the periphery, where our culture is labeled popular, ancient, and other euphemisms for exotic.

Regarding proper names there’s a mistake in considering a creation as the consequence of an atomized individual and their isolated mind: not only are the creation and distribution affected by the environment, but the conceptualization itself is too, because the person cannot be separated from their context.

It’s interesting how if an artist sucks—meaning: their techniques and the result suck—people recommend they acquire more knowledge and practice. But if an artist creates a masterpiece, this "genius" is crystallized and detached not only from their environment but even from history, like some mythical being who transcends humanity.

Soooo, I guess the first step is to start seeing art as something normal—without the european academia or the yankee marketing. Start doing, even if your technique sucks, can help you to see things differently: suddenly a painting isn’t just colors but lights and shadows because you understand how they work, or the paint feels different depending on whether it’s on paper, wood, or whatever.

But with my perspective of art as a consequence of technique then the local gastronomy and the national gallery exist on the same level. And by studying those techniques I can engage with and understand those creations.

I don't care about the AI panic, I think this style combined with stencil could be a simple —and fun— way to create propaganda out there

so, is kissing your comrades considered praxis?

is my account approved?

testing (・_・ ) ?