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JustBrandon's avatar

I love this article so much... but I will argue that art IS addictive.

Back in the late 80s, while servine in the Marine Corps, I spent an entire day in the L.A. County Art Museum.

I wandered from frame to frame, looking for that next "jolt". I needed the next piece to make me pause, make me think, make me wonder.

I have heard the phrase "chasing the dragon" used, historically, about opium use.

My dragon was that next photo, that next sculpture, than next painting that drove some part of my mind over the edge into an oblivion of bliss.

It still is.

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Paul's avatar

This is truly excellent writing, Evan. I so appreciate your measured response in the wake of absolute tomfoolery!

The part of this that I simply can’t understand is the basic premise that humans are attracted to (sometimes aroused by) one another, clothed or not. That perpetuates the human race.

So how then do we contextualize the long standing appreciation for the beauty of the human form, and why are we so hung up on sculpture (where the subjects are typically not well hung! 🙄)

Regardless, you present a compelling case that calls out the author for their predisposition to demonize at will. Really? The Romans and the Greeks??!! Get over it!

Thanks for this thought provoking piece.

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