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Aesthetic Evangelists by Mohammed Elmasry

1. Inherent differences when comparing government communities to other communities, namely artistic communities. Political art being considered radical and un-favored by certain government bodies, as expected.

2. The artist using aesthetic as a measurement of artistic capability or even as a  way to connect to the priori.

3. The inevetability of political art backfiring - doing more damage to the cause in question rather than creating a revolutionary concept.

Questions:

1. Does art created in more privileged communities have less of an impact on political causes? If so, why?

2.  If a person was not in a community, lets say they were isolated on an island for their entire life with no other people, and yet somehow was able to survive; what would they think of art? Would they be able to perceive it as we do?

3. How does a community learn to create art that also directly benefits its fitness?

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