I think how much hatred and revulsion I feel looking at this is the brilliance here.

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    17 days ago

    To say “that feeling” of indignation (at the letter’s inclusion in a gallery) is the same as other things that make him roll his eyes, is reductionist. We regard things as stupid for different reasons; they’re not all the “same feeling.” As others have said, the artist’s intentionality in presenting something is part of its message. So the indignation he felt about a piece being put in a gallery is part of that piece’s effect on him, born from the artist’s choices. That feeling is different than hearing a moron say something dumb and thinking it’s stupid.

    Intentionality is the key. Case in point, “language evolves” is a silly thing to say after a mistake, but many subcultures start misspelling things on purpose, and that intentionality is how language evolves.

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      16 days ago

      Well, exactly, but if the brother still can ‘t articulate his point any further than lol u mad” even after all this time then how intentional is it really? I totally agree that art is in the intention more than the execution but this doesn’t sound like that.