James Greig on needing to grow up, and a great counterpoint to the (un)conscious art conversation:
Make no mistake: the capitalist elites want you to think of yourself as a silly little goose.
Simplifying art does make you “a more pliant consumer.” Artists need to be conscious of how their work affects people — we’re not chaos monkey technicians — but I do think it’s a good argument for why we should also be more conscious consumers. Enjoy your Marvel movies, but don’t believe they’ll save the world.