i like this view. i think for me it is also financial incentives, so can i enjoy this without enriching the artist if he is known to be a dirty rotten scoundrel?
sometimes the artist leaves bits of himself behind in the work, like a horcrux, forever a part of it.
art from a forgotten time and place feels different than a living breathing artist discovered to be other than presented... also i feel for some reason static art is different than written word or performance, but i do not know that to be true.
yes and a lot of art comes from a very personal place... if you discover that connection comes from a sinister shadow, should you disconnect or attempt to appreciate it as an imperfect whole?
this is more or less the question.
can you separate art from artists?
i appreciate that. you are a gift and you have an uncanny ability to see only the best in others. on some level i have always been who i am now, but the removal of some defense mechanisms and entrenched thought patterns has changed me enormously. so i both agree and i disagree with you, but i am tickled by the sentiment regardless.
