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"...the tech sector’s obsession with taste is so much more nakedly about the destination: the point of amassing cachet is, much like any asset or underutilized web domain, to flip it into something you can get investor backing for. The subtext being: that little gemstone of humanity inside all of us is only as useful as an efficient converter of aesthetic revelation into liquid shareholder value? How bizarre. The rest of us are using it to like, feel interesting sensations and maybe find each other. But okay!"

“The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars. One of the basic and difficult lessons every artist must learn is that even the failed pieces are essential. X-rays of famous paintings reveal that even master artists sometimes made basic mid-course corrections (or deleted really dumb mistakes) by overpainting the still-wet canvas. The point is that you learn how to make your work by making your work, and a great many of the pieces you make along the way will never stand out as finished art. The best you can do is make art you care about — and lots of it!”

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.