The Artist, Their Art, Critics, and, Groupies
What made the Mona Lisa, “the Mona Lisa”?
Was it the greatness of the painting itself, or was it that the number of people who were of an opinion that the Mona Lisa was a masterpiece outweighs that of those who thought that the painting was below par?
A salute is a good thing, esp. where it is deserved. It’s good for most artists’ egos, but while it has the likelihood to draw more people to the art, it does not add anything to the level of brilliance that the painting had after the artist put the last stroke.
The Mona Lisa was, is, and would still be, (whatever you think of it now), even if the artist was, and remained, the only person to have ever seen the painting.
Great things, as subjective as that is, are great; whether we applaud or not.
After the art is concluded, the only thing that art appreciators might change is the depth of the artist’s pocket, his popularity, his ego, (and maybe) his chances of getting laid — but not the art.
*This writing is, (whatever you think of it), whether you retweet it or not. And would have still been, (whatever you think of it), should you have not read it.
(All that criticism and groupism can change is the artist — not the art.)
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— July 21, 2010.