Art vs. Content

Frank Chimero:

Art seems more relevant than ever, especially in an age of “content.” Content is so easy: it accommodates to your lifestyle, fits seamlessly into the negative space while waiting for the bus or while in the waiting room of the doctor or to fill the extra cognitive space as we mull away at the mundane task of satisfying the demands of our inboxes. Art is being transformed to content to squeeze itself into the cracks of our splintered attention.
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What I do know is that the more we thin-splice our attention, the dumber we become.
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So, we should celebrate the things that command more of us. Longer texts, deeper plots, greater nuance. There is worth to being challenged and then rewarded...