Readit Newstonguetrainer commented on Cool Continuum: Make Your Mark in the Arts medium.com/@coolcontinuum... · Posted by u/tonguetrainer
I'm not sure how I'd use this. I think of someone like Bob Dylan, who has arguably fit into all of those categories at various points in his career. Where would I put him? Does it just depend on what era you're talking about? But there's no concept of evolution within that model, no way to use it to predict whether someone will change categories, or how that could be done.
I'm also not sure what "cool" has to do with artistic contributions. Many great artists aren't cool, as I understand the word, and many cool people aren't artists, as I understand the word. And the thing it's tracking doesn't seem to be coolness, but artistic... prominence... or something along those lines.
Finally, it's not a continuum, it's a set of discrete categories. There's nothing in that model that talks about (for example) being mostly a rebel, shading a little bit into innovator. So the name is confusing as well.
There's a "natural state" where an artist's dominant traits stand out and their impact is most felt. Frank Black of the Pixies is one example of an artist who started as a Level 4 Innovator but settled into being an Artisan later in his solo career. But ChatGPT and I both agreed he's primarily an innovator. That's where his impact is felt most, is his work with the Pixies.
tonguetrainer commented on Cool Continuum: Make Your Mark in the Arts medium.com/@coolcontinuum... · Posted by u/tonguetrainer
The Cool Continuum is a perspective shift, a new lens by which to study art and the artists that make it. Its strength lies in its subjectivity, which means you are invited to contribute your perspective to shape our collective understanding of what it takes to make art.
Hi, author and creator here. The Cool Continuum shouldn't be the final word on whether, for example, Billy Idol is a Rebel or an Innovator. But I think ChatGPT gives the most unbiased perspective. I also leaned on ChatGPT to analyze artists like Beyoncé, who I knew nothing about (but I was curious where she fit on the continuum).
ChatGPT provides the "even hand" to be able to evaluate fairly, and more broadly, in less time. I think it's an ideal project for AI assistance.
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tonguetrainer commented on I’ve been single all my life lukasrosenstock.net/2023/... · Posted by u/amin
Single usually means young, so you have to go where the young (adult) women hang out, or do what they like to do. I don’t know what that is though, sorry.
Single has nothing to do with age. It means you are not in a committed relationship.
A sign of the times. Classical and ambient music are getting more popular as we are all stressed out, and there is no end in sight.
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I do the same - for some reason I agonize over purchases of "permanent" things like clothing, video games etc while not blinking an eye at spending the same on "temporary" things like restaurant meals or cocktails.
You prioritize experiences over material goods. Nothing wrong with that.
As an interdisciplinary artist, my projects are usually spontaneous, empathetic, and largely go unnoticed (except for Rejection Therapy). I embark on projects without any formal training, learning on the way. I fit best as a Level 1 Outsider.