Goethe's 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' created a social contagion phenomenon way back in the late 1770s. Some towns literally BANNED dressing in the style of Werther because there was a rash of suicides that copied the character's suicide in the book.
Finally, an article about things that unite us! I welcome more about events in arts and sciences any time. For a change.
You know what, I actually like this idea and we should focus more on the arts as that is becoming a lost fabric of our reality.
Does Taylor swift (and other forms of ENTERTAINMENT) classify as the arts....?
I think that maybe up for a good intellectual discussion ЁЯШК
The eyes and ears of the beholder, and all that.
If a pop music performer is an "artist," why isn't a circus clown?
Hey Franz Liszt was a "rock star" in his time.
Goethe's 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' created a social contagion phenomenon way back in the late 1770s. Some towns literally BANNED dressing in the style of Werther because there was a rash of suicides that copied the character's suicide in the book.
In other words, fandom is not a new phenomenon.
When asked. "What is art?" An artist friend answered, "Art is what you need it to be." I don't need Taylor Swift.