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I love the question about who art should comfort/discomfort. It's a great provocation. And certainly, if it can "unsettle the complacent" - which is most of us at some point - then I think that's a good function of art.

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Thanks, Jeffrey. I agree, and I think we forget how often we are very much complacent. It’s funny, too, because when I’m creating art, most times I’m just leaning into a feeling of what looks good or fits the mood I’m trying to convey. I’m curious to purposefully sit down and create with the intention to unsettle.

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That's an interesting idea. Does one unsettle on purpose, or just let the art do it? When the Futurists and Dadaists tried to do it purposefully, arguably not a lot of good art was produced.

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