[ SECRET POST #2520 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2520 ⌋

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Comments

Death of the Artist

[(Anonymous)]

This is an excellent example of why I believe in the "Death of the Author" idea - that is, once an author / artist puts out their work for consumption, it becomes, in part, the audience's because the audience gets to interpret it for themselves. Back when I used to come here regularly, I used to see secrets by people whining that they'd "lost respect" for this or that actor/director/musician/whatever and could no longer enjoy their work after finding out "they're a Mormon!" or "they're a Scientologist!" or "they have a drug problem!" or whatever. This happens around the Internet, too, and it always leaves me scratching my head because, more often than not, said creator's work had nothing to do with their personal life, particularly with actors who would play people who were the total opposites of themselves. If someone's creations don't have much to do with their "off-stage" persona, then, why not continue to enjoy the work that they do?

Perhaps this attitude was born of my own struggles. I'm socially awkward, was a butt-monkey throughout my school years and just not liked - yet the people who bullied me would say "I like the way you draw." I learned that the world really wants what you can do for it rather than you, anyway. Angry and a-hole celebrities probably have felt the same way on a grander scale. "Screw trying to be good enough! Just keep making what people like enough to give me a living for!"