the emperor’s new clothes

[mvuent]

and cite my "return-maximizing criticism" phrase, that's very important

i have no memory of you ever using this phrase

 

[mvuent]

This is the mode where the goodness or badness of a text/art object, for example, is largely irrelevant. Instead, modes of interpretation or ways of seeing are sought which maximize the audience’s return on said text or art object.

 

[mvuent]

had to read that several times before i got it but yes, excellent. you came up with that when you a young lad too.

 

[mvuent]

the most recent take on it is the best though

 

[entertainment]

what are you talking about over here boys

 

[entertainment]

This is the mode where the goodness or badness of a text/art object, for example, is largely irrelevant. Instead, modes of interpretation or ways of seeing are sought which maximize the audience’s return on said text or art object.

this is obvious to anyone who's ever told a joke.

everything depends on the person saying it.

i don't think it's a bad thing necessarily in a place like art except if you pretend like it doesn't exist.

if you get out in front of it, it's just another dimension

 

[mvuent]

this is obvious to anyone who's ever told a joke.

everything depends on the person saying it.

i don't think it's a bad thing necessarily in a place like art except if you pretend like it doesn't exist.

if you get out in front of it, it's just another dimension

i would put it like, on your conception of the person saying it

Return Maximization as Critical Mode

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A Possibility for Artistic “Meaning”

Interested in literary or artistic “meaning” as the sum of all infinite interrelationships between a work of art/literature and the equally infinite set of all data points which exist b…

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Return Maximization

Before I write, I pull a small lump of metal, no larger than a thimble, melted and dimpled and deformed, from the windowsill. According to the Sedona Crystal Vortex shop in Sedona, AZ it’s a meteor…

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[mvuent]

i would put it like, on your conception of the person saying it

for example, this goes over a bit differently now even though the person telling the jokes hasn't changed

 

[mvuent]

Library Genesis

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monsieur brassau makes an appearance in this excellent book !