The decisive moment
The definition of artistic success, empty aesthetics, and the Algorithm™
My mother keeps asking me to upload photos I’ve taken over the course of our trip here to our family KakaoTalk chat.
“What is the point of having such expensive camera equipment,” she complained, “if you never share your pictures?”
I get this a lot from my mother, especially when we travel together. (Which we do often.) I never upload anything fast enough for her.
“I need to edit them first,” I replied.
“You always say that,” she retorted. “And yet, you never share.”
She’s not entirely wrong. I never share anything that isn’t edited to some extent, and that’s not just photos. Sketches, drawings, photos, videos, writing...indeed, what is the point of any art if you’re not going to share?