tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post4907609601219208219..comments2023-12-15T09:27:34.663+01:00Comments on Billy's Lines Of Gibberish: Noir DésirUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-60993730341173852562008-11-29T00:21:00.000+01:002008-11-29T00:21:00.000+01:00What if it turned out that Michelangelo actually h...What if it turned out that Michelangelo actually had little boys for breakfast?<BR/>It's revolting, but it is not connected to his work being art.<BR/>It's actually a logical fallacy in line with rejecting all of one man's arguments because one of his arguments is weak. It's like rejecting Hitler's conception of the Autobahns because he was an evil dictator that led to the demise of millions. Autobahns ARE a good idea.<BR/>Suppose you would think homosexuality was evil (which I think is in itself evil), would you have to think the Swan Lake was not a masterpiece?<BR/>Chaikovsky was gay, after all.<BR/>Nay!<BR/>Thou art right, my friend! (Does this need mentioning at all?) Enjoying the art does not in any way mean endorsing the crimes, ideologies or ideas of the creator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-16196976622628147322008-11-18T10:22:00.000+01:002008-11-18T10:22:00.000+01:00You n'er see through the paint to the creator behi...You n'er see through the paint to the creator behind, so you can only value the work as it is. Alice Neel, portrait artist, loved her children.. her children adored having her as a mother... but the person who created those masterful portraits,was troubled and perhaps could have been a more attentive mother. Thank Goodness for her work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com