Aphorism #22
Fun is profound.
I heard a colleague try to explain the joy of art to a student, but the student, convinced that art must be sober and unfrivolous, objected. “That’s not profound, that’s just fun.”
My colleague responded, “Fun is profound.”
This stuck with me, and I wondered why until I realized the obvious: Art is fun. Art gives pleasure, and pleasure delivers art. They are inseparable.
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