#idk thisis making v little sense

[bddybby666]

smthing i rlly hate abt the art world & individualism in general is the lack of credit of collaboration…. saw this video of this designer who makes giant bandaids & she’s the only one who gets to talk abt this art…. she casually mentions “oh i don’t make them but i design them" & then continues to gush over how amazing and detailed these huge bandaids r….. while her contributions & labor r obviously valuable to the work it’s also like what abt the ppl who actually made them…. who also put labor and time & made it so that her designs and drawings could come into a physical form… without these anonymous workers she would only have drawings and pics of bandaids….. idk it’s obviously it’s j one example of countless things like this (not j in the art world) but like in general of how capitalism & individuality are so tied together, how the lack of credit of collaboration j further pushes the isolated toxicity of individuality and palatability and ease and convenience and the 'break-away success' stories capitalism thrives on to exists and further it's agenda…. the sublime idea that 'j one person could make this'.... it’s such a myth of there j needs to be The One idk esp in art (esp large scale/collections/series/craftwork) there NEEDS to be collaboration but like that j makes things too complicated for our capitalist rotted brains... credit and collaboration do not take away from the value and wonder of the work!!!

idk like i think individuality in some ways can b incredibly valuable but in the way it works so well with capitalism is so insidious to me... and dont get me wrong an individuals work thats made in isolation can also be great and sublime and whatnot but its the way things r valued (esp thru capitalism) that makes more so frustrated... community and collaboration are some of the most beautiful ways to connect with ppl and make things beyond the limits of the individual... thats so beautiful to me

and like idk i love see how my art changes from when im making it by myself (which it can be argued nothing is made in a vacuum) and when im activily making smthing along side someone else... its fucking awesome

anyways i j needed to type this all out and post this to the void and now i will actually go to bed... long ass text post i love u okay gn