Mediocrity: a response

This post arrived in my inbox just a few moments ago and I just had to write down my thoughts. You can read the full post yourself but I wanted to make a few points, mainly to help myself grab hold of some thoughts that have been squirming at the back of my head for a few months, perhaps even a few years, now. I’ll open this by saying that I’m not an artist. I don’t make art, I don’t even critise art, but I enjoy art and one thing I’ve discovered time and time again is this: when it comes to art, you cannot fail. Now I don’t mean this in a “if you don’t sell well you’re going to end up penniless and alone” sort-of-way, but moreso that no matter what you make, you will have an audience. For better and for worse I guess.