Speaking as someone that actually went to an art college and understands the mindset of many types of "artists", these kinds of performative displays are done by people who would rather do this than actually be productive and produce something people actually want or need. They get to pretend they're intellectual and cultured, and the people watching get to pretend along with them.
Yep. Tolerating it while realizing just how unintelligent people are, how much smarter they think they are than (almost) everyone else, and how insatiably they need attention is almost a greater art than what they teach in class.
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u/13thgeneral 1d ago
Speaking as someone that actually went to an art college and understands the mindset of many types of "artists", these kinds of performative displays are done by people who would rather do this than actually be productive and produce something people actually want or need. They get to pretend they're intellectual and cultured, and the people watching get to pretend along with them.