Showing posts with label taste. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taste. Show all posts

Friday, June 26, 2009

a thank you to the king of pop + how to judge art

michael jackson, the king of pop (rightly so called), died today.
rip.
and thanks for the music.


ps
how to judge "art"?
for many subjective things, esp works of "art", long lasting popularity is the best judge. that is if any kind of judgment is needed or possible in the first place.

imo there is no need for such judgment. it is just a matter of personal taste: one enjoys something or one doesn't. but some ppl try to be arbiters of taste (lol) and presume to judge artistic merit using arbitrary values, which they present as objective measuring sticks.

so to repeat, if anyone needs such a ruler, only one acceptable is long lasting popularity.