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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
reflective
A lot of this likely went over my head, but I highlighted lots of gemstone passages. I feel like I have a greater appreciation for the true essence of camp now, but that won't stop me from labelling everything I love as camp, accurately or not. (Susan Sontag is camp).
funny
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relaxing
informative
slow-paced
inspiring
fast-paced
I picked this up because I wanted to understand the emotion of camp than the definitive idea of it. The book pretty much encapsulates the camp sensibility without really defining it, which is in itself a fundamental feature of camp - to be undefinable and fluid in its existence. But more than anything camp is just a perspective to things. And that interpretation differs from person to person. While there could be certain basic touch points for what makes something camp, it seems to be an idea that's too abstract and subjective to have definitive boundaries. Good parts of this essay, I love that the points are broken down into chunks and the attempt to define a very elusive concept on paper. Bad parts, obscure examples that flew over my head. But that could be because I'm not well versed in the subjects of art. I figure that it would be these very examples that were meant to give the reader an elaborate taste palette of camp. Another was repetition of ideas. The difference in each of these notes is sometimes so subtle that it almost feels like the same thing is being repeated in different unnecessary ways. All of this could have probably been more concise.
challenging
informative
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medium-paced
informative
fast-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
reflective
medium-paced
very interesting how aspects of the second essay are also applicable to the ai panic within the art community.
Both essays were difficult to digest, but interesting and important nonetheless.
Both essays were difficult to digest, but interesting and important nonetheless.