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Originally Posted by NoMyths
We should want our artists to create works that challenge and expand our aesthetics.
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I think we do want our artists to do that - but, not to get redundant, wanting that presupposes the existence of an audience.
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Originally Posted by JPhillips
St. Cronin: I believe I remember that your girlfriend is a photographer. Do you have any idea how she considers the audience as she's taking photos?
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Photography is mostly a hobby for her, but she has sold wood burnings and paintings and has also written a couple of children's books (unpublished). When she is working, I think she is mostly thinking about unicorns and puppies. I suspect there's a way in which the philosophy of art is actually inaccessible to an artist, at least when they're actually in creative mode.