Strange. Weird. Crazy. Radical. Bizarre. Words like these are often attached to the artist in a derogatory way. But, in fact, this is how artists are supposed to be--in intentional ways. This is the consequence of the creative drive banging at the walls of convention. Comfort and complacency never take us anywhere. Artists don’t march in place.
What’s really new—Cubism, the Theory of Evolution, Dada, non-violence, climate change—is always unsettling and disruptive. So while art can sometimes bring comfort and easy beauty, go for a ride—maybe bumpy or off the beaten track—with it and see what happens.
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