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In reply to the discussion: Does Porn Degrade Women? [View all]athena
(4,187 posts)how he feels about people assuming, when they find out he draws nudes, that he is doing something kinky or illicit or sexual. Ask his models how they feel about the reaction they get when they tell someone about the work they do.
You are really barking up the wrong tree here. I am used to people attacking me on DU by repeating arguments about art that "sound good". Sometimes, especially when the topic is art, the things that "sound good" are the things that are exactly wrong. I'm sure it feels great to attack an artist for not understanding art, as you are doing. But all you are doing is repeating what society has done for centuries: attacking an artist for daring to have an opinion that is in disagreement with yours.
As much as it may sound right and feel good to say that porn and art are two extremes of the same spectrum, it is not true. That's like saying that composing music is on the same spectrum as torturing a person to death.
Have a nice day. You are going on my ignore list because I am sick of people who think they know more about art than a full-time artist who is putting her life and soul into this. I am sick and tired of being mansplained by non-artists about how I'm the one who is supposedly hurting the cause of art. I am sick and tired of people who are on DU not to learn from the opinion and experience of others but to denigrate any opinion that doesn't agree with theirs.
And enjoy posting stories on the internet, talking about your "porn" experience of posing once as a model for a classrooom full of art students.