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This is an important message. Thanks for that. Also, thanks for turning me on to 'Conspiracy to Commit Poetry'. Subscribed.

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Thank you for reading and leaving a comment. And yes, Conspiracy to Commit Poetry has wonderful poetry in it. Very much worth to dive into the archives a bit.

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"Canceling" is a weird thing. So few prominent people ever end up truly canceled.

And while I understand while some artist's actions might ruin their work for some people, I also think it's weird and petty to get mad at other people who can separate art and artist, and still enjoy songs by Michael Jackson or books by J.K. Rowling.

Once art is out there, it doesn't belong to the artist anymore. I mean it might in a strict intellectual property sense. But, in a cultural and metaphysical sense, it belongs to the world to make of it what it will.

I feel deeply human reading "The Old Man and the Sea", even though Hemingway was a jackass. He wasn't someone I want to be like or around.

Thanks for this post, it has sparked a lot of thoughts...

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Oh wow, great to see it sparked all these thoughts. I haven't really thought of it as seeing the art seperate from (who) the person (has become). That is an interesting dimension to it. To me, it's also a bit about learning from mistakes. And respecting that somebody can have a different opinion than you have. Take for example J.K. Rowling. She can have any opinion she wants to have. We are free to agree or disagree with her. But what she thinks is not necesarily a qualifier for her art. Especially if her so-called controversial opinions are not reflected in the stories she tells.

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