#that went into it behind the scenes. that tiktok trend of people standing in front of art they think they could make comes to mind

[dinoswordsb]

Thoughts on the popularization of devaluating humanities degrees as "my silly little degree" while presenting STEM degrees as more worthy of attention and recognition

well i feel it can be summed up in the simple phrase of "thats bad" but ill try to say saomething even slightly intelligent bc i do have A thought on this which is that, and water is wet, but a lot of people just fucking do not value art in any way or at least not in a way they should. im gonna talk out of my ass a little here but sometimes it feels like so many people take stem and art and separate them in the way that stem is intelligence and art is emotional. or something akin to that. and therefore art is not as valuable, because it doesnt have a tangible effect on "forwarding society" if that makes sense? liek when you think of inventions youre thinking doohickeys and gizmos right. stuff you have to weld together or code. i almost went on a huge tangent about capital and the culture formed around optimization and entitlement but im not gonna do that thats not what this is about. anyway basically what im getting at here is people seem to overlook the way that they interact and engage with art and 1. good art requires intelligence you have to hone your craft to make something the best it can be thats no different here. progress, actual genuine progress in society, is forged from passion. these two are not as separate as people like to think 2. on top of that theres the obvious aspect of like, the starving artist theres money in stem and not in art and therefore art is not as valuable. but who the fuck did you guys turn to when everyone was on lockdown in covid. theres a reason streaming blew up. why do you think propaganda posters exist why do you think that logos exist at all art affects you in the real world even if you dont think of it that way. theres a reason there are classes on all of these things that getting a humanities degree ALSO takes years of study. It's not easy and theres a lot more that goes into it than people think i was literally thinking abt this this morning bc something i never think about when i write is the way what im saying reads like how the words sound next to each other or the flow of it not consciously at least but that is a whole technical aspect of writing that takes practice and skill and contributes to the final product and its so subtle it might go right under your radar sometimes. i guess all this to say is it feels like people brush art off bc its more thought based more emotion based and they typically only think of art as paintings and visual mediums in museums when the reality is its so much broader than that. they think anybody can do it which anybody can be an artist. its true and that is a hill ill die on being alive gives you the right to be an artist. but that doesnt negate the effort and the years and years of practice and teamwork behind something like a movie a novel a show a fucking youtube video your favorite song. its art! all of it! and innovation is creativity! idc what anyone says like thats just how it is art and science will always go hand in hand they belong together and frankly it feels ignorant to try to separate them, which circling back to the actual point of this, is what feels like is happening and people are trying to drop the "less profitable/useful" half of it.