When I was 15 I thought my father was an idiot. But when I was 21, I was amazed at how much he had picked up in 6 years. Ken Dodd
Pretending you're an expert is almost the same as being one. This is a good ploy to get you started, although you need a get-out clause. Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins in the 17c. wasn’t a general (but he did look for witches) appointed himself the expert.
In art we are always being told what to look at, so much it’s difficult to see. Having spent a number of years in London helping make temporary public art I have a slippery perspective on what we deserve to see outdoors. The saving grace for me in the work I did was the word temporary. Meaning changes over time.
Class, cash, and business dictate to us. Look at Edward Colston. Look at the Dandy Lion (actually people seem to like it, so that works). The 'race to the lakes' in the 19c. was the realisation landscape can be enjoyed and not necessarily a place of terror. The National Trust is still telling us where to point our camera in the Cairngorms though, even in the rain.
Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it. Salvador Dali (although this is quite good)
Rules based art http://philipgalanter.com/downloads/vague_terrain_2006.pdf
The Pseuds https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.732666/full
Berger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk&list=PLn6KyJ4PmZsPhigNqPlWGEoCgBHJbhib3
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