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coffeesp00ns  ·  3235 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Art and narrative, by me

    Working 100% visually, you're can't tell a story in one image.

I don't think this is explicitly true - I think if you want to make sure that everyone is getting your story from your art, the story you want told, then you need words.

Once you release art out into the world, it is out of your hands. What it means, what it signifies and represents are all up to the interpretation of the receiver. That's true of any kind of art: poetry, prose, music, visual art. In a sense, as an artist, one has to be a control freak, focusing on every minuscule detail,, but also be able to give all control away once a piece is presented to the world.