Life Imitates Art

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This woman beating a racist man who attacked her.

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Imagine what she'd have done if that had been a Goya.

 

[sus]

There's a Subreddit for this stuff ("accidental Renaissance")

 

[sus]

There's also the way that art creates common knowledge, sets up mimetic models, changes the culture. Everyone suddenly thinks something is normal, or gauche, as if overnight and it's because of the new Netflix special.

 

[sus]

There's a fun RPG concept, "bleed"—a game can be said to be "bleedy"—which is about the border between game and real life breaking down. The game entering your daily life and vice-versa