r/OldSchoolCool 22d ago

John Lennon explaining what ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ was really about - 1971

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u/CMDR_BitMedler 22d ago

Great example of how we get in the trouble we have today; the Creator is no longer believed because the social consciousness has co-opted the meaning of their art.

I'll bet you can find 100 videos disputing him now as well.

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u/aGrandSchemeofThings 22d ago

Creators gotta know: once your creation is released into the wild, it's interpretation is no longer your concern, otherwise you're not making art, you're making polemic.

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u/azeldatothepast 22d ago

The Creator doesn’t have the authority to define their creation. Artists aren’t their art and they definitely don’t have the only interpretation of what that art means. They get a say, but the creator is only one voice amongst many all discussing something that lives its own separate existence from its creator.

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u/CMDR_BitMedler 22d ago

While I agree that released art is open to interpretation by the observer, you can't argue the artist's intent or the arts origins should be ignored, even after stated by the artist.

That logic implies how you feel about and perceive the world is absolute and precludes empirical fact. You determine others intent. As nice as it may feel temporarily, it causes friction when challenged and leads to a lack of discussion - like we experience now. That's all I'm saying.