art is about fiction even when it's attempting to tell the truth
We are creating a world that we want to see, not one that currently exists.
If it currently exists, what’s the point?
Art is about pretending, art is about lying.
Hence, Artistic power is available to anyone at anytime - we all have the ability to create something from nothing if we choose to.
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brian-eno-school-of-song-class
...want is to create possible other worlds. It's always about making fictions. - art is about fiction even when it's attempting to tell the truth - I'm not interested in YOU, I'm interested in the possibilities of what other...
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...mportant to create characters when you're making; truth telling is boring since art is about fiction even when it's attempting to tell the truth. I've noticed it before but never quite fixated on it... [[recipes are poetry]...
songwriting-can-be-an-act-in-character-creation-rather-than-truth-telling
art is about fiction even when it's attempting to tell the truth. Tom Waits and Bob Dylan create these characters and then refashioned...