The Art and the Artist

Hate the person if you may, hell insult them if you must, but I pray thee, do separate the art from the person. Because what do you mean you stop loving a piece of expression you've always loved from an artist just because you've found their actions untoward of late? How do you convince yourself that much? Except you are trying to lie to yourself they have never been that good or you are willfully depriving yourself of receiving their art because of what they’ve become. That’s self punishment if you ask me.<o:p></o:p> It’s a lot of psychological re-wiring of the brain and the question herein lies how unique was their content or art form to you and how grave is their scandal? The scandal could be the most bizarre and inconceivable wrong doing, but I see no way that connects to their creative expression.Especially when that art spoke to a certain phenomenon in your life or it’s a source of healing, or it constantly enlivens your spirit every time. In such vein, that art is disconnected from the artist. You must seem them as two entities. <o:p></o:p> It is not a hard thing to do in all honesty. Imagine trying to convince yourself Brymo is not a good musician just because his character is controversial. There, you are lying to yourself.Or R Kelly’s songs aren’t uplifting or shouldn’t be listened to because he is a criminal. This is not to say their characters are not questionable or they shouldn’t be held responsible for their shortcomings; but please don’t let good music suffer for it. And how will I forget, the Odogwu himself – Burna boy. He’s a typical example of embodying a no-nonsense persona. You will do yourself a great disservice and must have loosened a screw in your brain to see his music and his lifestyle as same persons. Now I can understand if you’ve never liked his music at all. <o:p></o:p> I can go on and on. Not just musicians, film actors, painters, whoever the artist is, shouldn’t be the reason why their art doesn’t interest you anymore when you’ve always ingested them. <o:p></o:p>  They are different entities. A muse happened to fall on them and they took it up and created. The work they put out was meant to be out there regardless of the person. So stop punishing yourself thinking you see a proud and arrogant Burna boy when you hear “Last Last”. Or say Ronaldo is not a “GOAT” in his own right because he can be blunt and outspoken about his feelings and desires.<o:p></o:p> Now in some cases and one which I encourage, some artists are true embodiment of their expressions in their personal lives. While it can be lovely to see and sometimes make you better understand their art form, the art in itself is a whole entity and should be allowed disconnection from the artist.

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