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⌈ Secret Post #5854 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

The thing is, I believe you can make art about anything.

But, if you choose to make art about some things in some ways, then that's hugely disrespectful, and people have a right to judge you based on what you are using your art to do and say.

I think the guy who made Piss Christ had every right to do that. And Christians have a right to be hugely offended by it. But the thing is? The artist knows Piss Christ is offensive, and that's the point. It's making a statement about what is sacred, what does or does not deserve respect, about cultural forces. Personally, I think that's interesting and valuable art.

But making art that's super disrespectful to the Algonquin people and their heritage isn't making a statement about that, because the Algonquin people have never had the kind of cultural domination that makes disrespecting their wishes anything more than just being kind of mean and shitty to a culture survivng centuries of oppression and genocide.

So you can do it. But what are you saying with it that's more meaningful than "I don't respect these people?" Not much, and whatever it is, there are definitely other pieces of folklore you could use for it. And other people are allowed to judge you for that kind of choice.

TLDR I think the specific issue of this monster (and certain other things closed-cultures have asked to be left alone) is very much the arts equivalent of "you were so busy finding out if you COULD that you didn't ask if you SHOULD." You can. It's not illegal and it shouldn't be illegal, because this isn't something the state should arbitrate. But if you want to be a thoughtful artist and a decent person, probably you shouldn't.