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Listened to a podcast episode with my favorite writer and it gave me the ick. Until I remembered artists don't need to be a good hang, and them being brilliant in one medium doesn’t mean they owe us brilliance in others
Apr 16, 2025

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spill please I wanna know who it is!
Apr 16, 2025
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@MOUSE I found that Rebecca solnit comes off a bit holier-than-thou off paper
Apr 16, 2025
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@MOUSE you know what (and I really live her work) that does not surprise me!
Apr 17, 2025
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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.
May 14, 2024
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i feel like it’s this constant debate but the thing is? there’s millions of artists/musicians/etc out there, so i find when you want to hold on so tightly to someone, you’re closing yourself off from other artists that could be similar or way cooler but not a terrible person obviously there’s a distinction between a faux pas, mistakes before growth, or being deeply consistently horrible, but i absolutely think that’s a distinction worth making… we only have so much time on this earth, and our time to consume art and music and film and literature is fleeting, so i’d rather spend it on the works of people who have earnestly made the world a more beautiful place and exploring art to find those !
May 20, 2024
"a great audience is more important than the great artist"
Apr 15, 2024

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-Don’t get wifi on planes -Look up from phone on bridges/around bodies of water -Headphones actively taken out when there are buskers, street performers, preachers -Phone fully powered off during movies -Phone stays in pocket at concert -Exchange phone number with a crush instead of Instagram  -No more than 2 cameras on a person blowing their bday candles out -If you have find my friends only use it for emergencies No problem with cyborg behavior tho if you’re owning it
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In college I crushed on a guy with a mullet then realized I could just get my own mullet. Thought this dude in a bolo tie recently was so hot then I just started wearing a bolo tie. Surface level crushes are the perfect inspo source
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