Sunday, March 27, 2011
Distractions
I think I could call myself an expert on distraction (I'm presumptuous like that). Right now I'm staring at a gorgeous desktop background on a friend's computer and listening to energetic music. I have eight tabs open in Internet Explorer, plus iTunes, email, and two assignments in Word. I am constantly clicking between this window, Facebook, and Youtube to see what song is playing at any given moment (right now it's Tattoos Fade by World/Inferno Friendship Society). I am young, sleep-deprived, and probably self-absorbed. I would be considered rather unfit to judge art by Hume's standards. However, I actually enjoy many works that are accepted by the art world. I suppose that means I'm not entirely beyond hope. But I suppose anyone who listens to, say, Lady Gaga (to go off a common class theme) would be considered too distracted. It doesn't matter what a person "does right," if they like something "frivolous," there is something wrong with their judgment. I wonder whether or not Hume ever liked any (art)works that another critic considered frivolous.
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