#if you aren't discomforted by it then you're limited in your ability to find catharsis in it

[thedreadvampy]

my god people who send Neil Gaiman asks don't half talk some fucking shite

#'what's the Real Canon?' shut up #'mr Gaiman mr Gaiman please clear up the ambiguity in your highly metaphorical story what is the Single True Meaning?' shhhhh #the latest one to pop my melons is 'excuse me sir i think you're a good writer but i don't like horror. why would you write horror?' #they appear to be legitimately confused that horror can include elements that are transcendental and spiritually powerful #AS IF THAT'S NOT WHAT DEFINES A LOT OF GOOD HORROR #like oh my god. not everything has to be tailored to your personal fucking taste #for real I'm generally not a Nobody Has Any Media Literacy These Days kinda guy #but reading asks on Neil Gaiman's page may change my mind #do any of you understand. The concept. of art? #art is allowed to be discomforting ambiguous and not to everyone's taste #in fact i would argue that in most cases NOT being that is a failure of artistic vision #bc like. if you can explain everything if you can explain its meaning if you leave no room for interpretation #then what's the art FOR you could just SAY those things #if you aren't discomforted by it then you're limited in your ability to find catharsis in it #if it's prepared. to express something meaningful personal or philosophical then there WILL be people who will not vibe with it #and that's ok! but it's also what art is MEANT TO DO #red said