“If you think about why any story moves us, it’s because of a quaking moment of recognition. It’s never the shock of the new, it’s the shock of the familiar.”
— Joshua Oppenheimer, speaks about his practice as a documentary filmmaker
I am so tired of media showing all artists as Van Gogh-like, sad, tortured souls.
Show MichalAngelo who couldn’t sculpt a naked woman and din’t give a single fuck about it. Leonardo Da’Vinci, not finishing his paintings and later sueing people over the quality of the wine he was served. Show me Caravaggio in the streets of Rome, chasing his imposters. Show Bernini vs. Boromini drama. Show Rembrandt living in one of the most beautiful houses in Amsterdam. Tell strories of people who took paints and canvas to document world war I. Show dadaists, fucking with worlds most famous art galeries. People who drew to survive the nightmare of second world war.
