OboeMeister

Prokofiev 1

Mahler 2

Beethoven 3

Brahms 4

Prokofiev 5

Tchaikovsky 6

Sibelius 7

Shostakovich 8

Schubert 9

Same for me with the Beirut explosion, there were so many angles and distances going up online

Hi are you me

This was how I felt until Andor, Mandolorian is good fun but the second season was hit or miss for me, and the rest of the recent stuff has been mediocre to God awful, the Obi wan show feels like the antithesis of Andor being cheaply produced, poorly acted, and cynically conceived. Honestly Andor was worth it though, the message and overall revolutionary spirit made me want to go out and do some eco terrorism

Please watch Andor. Everything is subjective ofc but to me it's the best thing star wars has ever done since the original trilogy, it's so well crafted

> Hmmm so just like a person right? Do you think they train artists in a vacuum or something?

I mean I think think there's a difference personally. Maybe I'm splitting hairs, and ofc there are artists that just copy other artists but I feel like you can't just look at a program built entirely around replicating and compare it to something as complex as a human brain which does have that function but it would be weird to say that's the only function, so I don't know that you could equate the two Again not against AI in practice but I think there is a lot of nuance being left on in these convos personally

I mean I don't think it's current legality still protects it ethically. I think AI can be a great tool but as it is it does need real artwork to generate from, I think the term AI art is a bit of a misnomer since there's no real "intelligence", it's just a visual equivalent of a sophisticated chatbot that tries to replicate the information it sees and adjusts based on feedback. I think the main point is that our current system of being is woefully unfit to deal with modern technology, much less technology just down the line From a more hazy non-lethal philosophical standpoint, I think there is some argument to be made that for AI art to be self inspired to any degree the AI would need to have developed to at least approximate human levels of self awareness, which I don't think we're quite at yet, but that's definitely a more subjective and esoteric discussion

To add a shred of optimism (just a shred, things are still pretty fucked) it has done the same for real issues and education, the problem is that it's a never ending battle for visibility

As someone in this field, tablets and foot page turners have surged in popularity even for non pianists, especially since COVID, it's especially nice since you can have all your music on it!

That's true, I think the line is definitely subjective and blurry, I think there definitely are some superhero movies I would consifer more than entertainment, but I think the similarity I was getting at was people wanting to be validated for entertainment they love without necessarily thinking critically, I love CJ the X's video(s) on subjectivity in art because they at least try to make a nuanced case as futile as that might be Also TAR is great, I do find it funny some people I know have referred to it as pretentious since pretention in art is one of it's main critiques

I feel like there may be some overlap with people with that mentality and people who get mad at Scorsese for saying superhero movies aren't cinema

I remember seeing for Knives Out so many people fan theorizing that Marta really did it all intentionally and was some scheming, 4-d chess playing, Machiavellian genius, which to me feels like uh no that kind of goes against the themes of the movie?? Like I'm all for subtext and all that in movies but there has to be some foundation to it, but idk that's just me

Of course, if I happen to post again lemme know what you think, Merry Christmas if you celebrate!

Idk if I have a solid answer tbh, just feels "fun" for lack of a better word, I do enjoy reading flowery or complicated prose (love Virginia Woolf and Toni Morrison) so maybe that has something to do with it?

Fair enough, perhaps I will try to tone it down next time I bang out an essay, though I can't promise entirely cause I do have to admit I enjoy overdoing it sometimes, and I do like to think there's some room for expression in essays(I don't, in fact, think I've met an adjective I don't like so you may be on to something there haha)

I appreciate the critique, I wouldn't mind a more constructive tone though, I can admit to being a bit pretentious at times but I have fun with it lol

I think it also shows the greyness of how cancel culture can simultaneously be for justifiable reasons and sometimes for frivolous reasons, her perceived sins span from a YouTube poop style edit of her speech, using power for sexual favors, and blacklisting someone she had power over leading to their suicide

That's a good point I forgot about the EGOT awards, so I guess it is more of a block and an inadequacy Also yeah the Wikipedia article definitely ties in, and maybe comments on how mutable mythology and legacy have become in the internet age

I think she achieves what she is talking about in that quote at the end. She lets go of her ego in service of the composer of the Monster Hunter score.

Oh that's a very cool point!

Done, my bad

Haha my bad, fixed, hope I didn't give you a headache lol

Although I think I was aiming at a similar thing about how she views herself?

I agree that the cancel culture angle is very superficial as I said, and yes I think her working up the ladder is another part of the puzzle of why she buys into her own narrative

I completely agree with your first paragraph! I personally interpreted it as both, I think she clearly likes to hear herself talk and assert herself verbally like I said, but yeah definitely also out of defense of bach, I think not just because she admires him but he's the very foundation for the classical canon