You’d be surprised how boring some human minds are. I recently heard someone say “I don’t care for art unless it means something”. As if totally ignorant to the fact that it’s nearly impossible to create a thing without it meaning something to the artist. I think this dude meant “if it doesn’t mean something to me personally, and probably due to a religious overtone, it’s worthless”. Pretty sad and boring self-centered experience if you ask me.
Most of my art doesn’t mean anything. I essentially run a procedural generation script like I’m a Minecraft server or a screensaver or something. The pieces that contain some meaning are usually limited to being visually pleasing or practically useful rather than having artistic meaning. The meaninglessness has made me very depressed for most of my life, but I’ve been making some progress recently on not giving a shit. (Shout-out to Erasmus from the Dune prequels. I feel your pain, buddy.)
You’d be surprised how boring some human minds are. I recently heard someone say “I don’t care for art unless it means something”. As if totally ignorant to the fact that it’s nearly impossible to create a thing without it meaning something to the artist. I think this dude meant “if it doesn’t mean something to me personally, and probably due to a religious overtone, it’s worthless”. Pretty sad and boring self-centered experience if you ask me.
Most of my art doesn’t mean anything. I essentially run a procedural generation script like I’m a Minecraft server or a screensaver or something. The pieces that contain some meaning are usually limited to being visually pleasing or practically useful rather than having artistic meaning. The meaninglessness has made me very depressed for most of my life, but I’ve been making some progress recently on not giving a shit. (Shout-out to Erasmus from the Dune prequels. I feel your pain, buddy.)