On page 24, Marshall McLuhan says “We have become irrevocably involved with, and responsible for, each other.” I find this to be a very important quote because it really encompasses a lot of my core feelings for art. For as long as I can remember, I have had the incessant need to constantly keep creating. Whether it’s short videos on my parents phone when I was an 8 year old or an entire mixtape that I made this past summer as a way to cope with the internal and external forces that were working upon me, I’ve always had an obligation to publish my ideas as a sort of personal archive.
Recently, I have also developed the belief that art is inherently political. It helps societies watch their own; It helps people express themselves and create languages, through which they can communicate their grievances and pains. Because of this, I feel I have an immense social responsibility to art. I must continue to provide spaces where people can be introspective, while finding ways to make this as widely available to everybody in the world.
I am a strong advocate for creating accessible art because it can be a space that is infiltrated by pretentiousness and elitism. Art is everything but that to me. It is a tool that has helped so many through what seems to be an unlimited range of possibilities. It can shift cultural paradigms and invent new ones. It can create illusions of other worlds and realities. It could change somebody’s life. For these reasons, I feel my access to art is almost sacred.
Nice blog! I love what you had to say about art. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteGreat Blog! I also totally agree that art is political and should be accessible. How do we appreciate it if we can't see it!
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