I hope you don't mind me butting in, but I read that post and felt I might be able to offer some insight. I don't mean this as a personal flame. I don't know you, and for all I know, you are a fine person.
I think I speak for more than myself here.
I won't bother reprinting the parts of your post that are telling, but I can offer this:
The most noble communication ever invented is Art. We make the civilization, and people like you watch.
At the point at which the "observers" of the civilization refuse to look at the artists, for whatever lame and misguided reason they wish to offer, the artists just move on. Then, "art" that is not art but crap takes over, and then the civilization dies.
Look wherever you want, close your eyes any time you wish, but don't tell me I'm flawed because I am an artist. I don't create to release tension, that is psycho-horseshit. I create because there is nothing better I can do. I don't particularly care if you like it or not, but if you want to judge me, you better know what you are talking about before you open your mouth.
The next time you accidentally stumble onto some actual Art, before you attribute it to some nutball's mental unstability, please remember this:
It's not the painter's job to explain the color green to somebody who has his eyes closed.
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