April and I were literally just talking about the death of patronage a few weeks ago while strolling through the National Gallery in London…people really used to be personally, individually sponsored for the sole purpose of making art. What a novel concept.
I think we’re currently in an era of such unmitigated ego and selfishness that no multimillionaire/billionaire is actually capable of the earnest humility it takes to say “I can’t do or make that really cool thing, but instead of becoming a whiny brat and ruining it for everyone, I’m just going to give money to the people who can do it. Because I’d rather it exist without my name on it than never exist at all.” You couldn’t get that out of Elon for all the emeralds in Zambia.
I swear it's why they love the AI slop so much. It makes them feel like they can make art themselves. Unfortunately, you need a soul to make art so all they've managed is nightmare fuel of themselves as Homer Simpson or some shit. Very dark times indeed.
April and I were literally just talking about the death of patronage a few weeks ago while strolling through the National Gallery in London…people really used to be personally, individually sponsored for the sole purpose of making art. What a novel concept.
I think we’re currently in an era of such unmitigated ego and selfishness that no multimillionaire/billionaire is actually capable of the earnest humility it takes to say “I can’t do or make that really cool thing, but instead of becoming a whiny brat and ruining it for everyone, I’m just going to give money to the people who can do it. Because I’d rather it exist without my name on it than never exist at all.” You couldn’t get that out of Elon for all the emeralds in Zambia.
I swear it's why they love the AI slop so much. It makes them feel like they can make art themselves. Unfortunately, you need a soul to make art so all they've managed is nightmare fuel of themselves as Homer Simpson or some shit. Very dark times indeed.