RE: My introduction to the catastrophe that is deviantart.
September 5, 2012 at 6:00 pm
(This post was last modified: September 5, 2012 at 6:10 pm by Reforged.)
(September 5, 2012 at 10:38 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: There are thousands of excellent users on that site - poets, artists, and writers alike. The problem is learning how to sift through the shit.
Oh yeah, I'm not disputing that but what I'm saying is I think true ignorance is as rare as true genius. They are two oppisite sides of the spectrum that should both be cherished and I'd say deviantart displays both with many shades of average inbetween.
Infact I think in many ways finding a true moron is even harder than finding a true intellectual. Fools are rarely as forthcoming with gems of the truly ridiculous as the wise are with gems of true insight but when they do it paralyses you. It renders you speechless, you need to take a moment to comprehend on just how many levels what has been shared is wrong. Its like being exposed to a tiny slither of stupidity so pure and unadulterated that it overwhelms you. The resulting emotions can vary from outrage, incredulousness right down to plain bemusement. In some ways a truly awful literary piece is just as much of a treasure as a truly wonderful literary piece. The former is rarely appreciated as such and I think the "One Page" series that was revealed by another on this forum really does illustrate this perfectly.
There is a twisted reflection of genius behind it that cannot be ignored.
Example;
![[Image: tumblr_m8danzS2C61qaotjto1_500.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=24.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m8danzS2C61qaotjto1_500.jpg)
Now, the person who created that knows how stupid that is. I'd say he studied and researched on just how many levels the most awful of sci-fi literature displays its complete cringe making worthlessness. He took the funniest of that and made one page of something you could believe a horrible writer unleashing upon the world.
That ontop of the fact hes fooled alot of the people who saw this its the page of a real book, I mean. Its brilliant. Its evil genius.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die."
- Abdul Alhazred.
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