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on the other hand i really should continue reading more contextualizing material and familiarizing myself with general community sentiment, even if i end up bored and disappointed by the engagement it still gets my mind some traction to spin, rather than just slowly spooling itself out
i enjoy exploring for myself but imposing ignorance upon myself yields lacking rigor and disorientation
aesthetics are a distinct subdomain philosophically but there is some carryover from broader lessons to learn about heroic independence and its futility. the practice (in multiple senses: composition, performance, consumption, analysis, critique) is similarly distinct from its theory but not quite
i could map this out dialectically with quotes from big a but instead i’ll just say trust me bro