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Realizing that your not always an ARTISTS target audience
i feel like internet culture has conditioned me to feel like I always have to have an opinion on something. And as a result I’m always judging an artist work as good or bad based on my own individual taste. But it’s absolutely bonkers to think that I’m the target audience for everything an artist that I like makes. Sometime, the song or the painting or the movie ect. Is not for me, and that’s fine. It doesn’t mean what they are producing is bad, it simply means it’s not resonating with me. And thinking this way allows me to respect an artists decision to experiment with their art form a bit more. Because I can only imagine how constricting it must be to feel pressure to create just for people approval and consumption. Maybe sometime the artists just wants to put out a funny little song that makes them happy. And sure, I may not get it and it may not be something I want to listen to, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad, just that it’s not for me, and that’s okay.
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@ekaynuh
May 14, 2024
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@jmromeo
I think one realises this very strongly while re-consuming a piece of art / media years later. I recently started to watch widely acclaimed movies I watched years ago and that I didn't have a very strong opinion on, and find that I have completely different experience watching them now. So, yeah, we may not be the target audience and we also may become one, or be one at the moment and then stop being so. Being kind and humble is the key to experiencing art and the world lol
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@sleepyslug
i came to this realization recently too. with artists AND people
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@halidgka
Ditto Dearone. Wish more artists crafted accordingly. Stay true and opinionated.
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@miraclesilva
well said I couldn’t have said it better myself Are you an Artist ? 🧑‍🎨
May 14, 2024
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@ekaynuh
miraclesilva Yeah! I do ceramics and screen printing and will occasionallt sing 🫣
May 15, 2024
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@miraclesilva
ekaynuh werid question to ask but I bet you have an phenomenal voice Do you have a single or album 💿 that’s I can listen too And do you listen to Afro-beat
May 15, 2024
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@ekaynuh
miraclesilva if you lookup ”ekaynuh” on Spotify, the one and only EP I made should be up there
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@ekaynuh
miraclesilva and yes, I do listen to afrobeats!
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