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Julia Johnston - Books That Changed My Life: The Alchemist #3

15 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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A short excerpt from a YouTube conversation between Julia Johnston and Chris Collins about how the internet affects artistic reputation and the perception of genius. Johnston wonders whether public exposure (e.g., podcasts, social media) dilutes an artist's "sacred" art, citing Kanye West and imagining how Van Gogh's work might be different if he had modern platforms; Collins concurs that art might stand on its own if separated from the persona.

The Internet is a blessing and a curse. I feel and I feel like when we, when I think about Kanye, I especially think about that because I wonder like how much of his genius, if it had just been left to a form of art would have had.
All of the meaning it could have instead of I.
Don'T think you can have, I don't think you can have one without the other.
But there's a sacredness to their art that I think won't lose its, it won't tarnish with, you know, like Van Gogh. Imagine if van Gogh had had a podcast. Oh my gosh, we would have, it.
Might not even be coherent.
Right, but that's my point.
Yeah, no, I agree with that. If you just knew the art without everything else, it would kind of stand on its own.
A lot of them, the great ones, are geniuses, but genius also comes at a price.