Thinking Around The Artist Versus Their Art
Cancel culture is real and became a ‘thing’ for a very good reason.
Let’s play word/phrase association.
Ready?
Boycotts
Documentaries
Comedians
Long standing pop icons
Timeless music
Humor’s purpose
Music’s purpose
Art’s purpose
The media
#metoo
#timesup
Good Feminist
Toxic femininity
Good girl
Toxic masculinity
Good boy
Catholic Priests
Manipulation
Control
misogyny
conditioned behaviors
Suffer for Beauty
Producers
Criminal
Civil
Money
Status
Good Ole Boys Club
Rape
Pedophiles
Trauma
Silence
Honoring legacy
What constitutes a legacy?
Getting away with it for years
Drugging the unsuspecting victim
Professional
What if you’re black?
Verdict
Jail time
Victimhood
Censorship
Protection
Vulnerability
Insecurities
Punitive damages
Is resolution possible?
Sex addict
Therapy
Excuses
Celebrity
Power
Abuse
Blame it on the alcohol
Responsible decisions
Hiding the truth
Social pressure
Retribution
Emotional Labor
Quid pro quo
Causation
Correlation
Oppressed
Suppressed
Women
Sex
Repression
Permission
Choice
Adult
Allowing and receiving
Sharing and giving
love and respect
dignity
Laws enforced
Laws that need to change
Clarity
Honesty
Errors in judgment
More discernment
Appearances
Fault
Destroying futures
Perjury
Reputation
Repair the damage
Intention
Proof
Mental state
Miles Davis beat his wives and Jimmy Hendrix was a druggie.
Music changed me.
Music still changes me.
Do I throw it all away, MJ?
Sickness
Forgiveness is never granted.
Apologies will never be enough to change what happened.
When do I move on?
How to make the art survive
Can the art survive the flawed artists’ life?
Can the art survive the criminal artists’ crimes?
Are you listening to a criminal or a flawed human or both?
Is an artist human after his art has changed the world?
Reprehensible or forgivable?
When can we know and how?
Just no damn good
Fatigue
Is art sentient?
Can we ever decide?
Evolving
Political
Civilization’s progress
Humans give art it’s meaning.
Simple?
Humans will never solve this…
Problem.