Is it better to be introduced to tons of painters vs fewer but in more detail? Or being told about a painter by someone in person vs by an algorithm?

In the 90s you only had certain songs if you knew someone who had it on cassette and you borrowed it and put it on your mixtape. Throughout the interaction, you also got initiated deeper into the culture of that thing in person.

I also notice that families rarely sit together nowadays to look through vacation photos. The pictures are taken, but people either don't have time to sort them and curate them. When film had a price, you only took fewer ones but it was more intentional. Then the fact that you only saw the picture once you were back at home, generated excitement that you could share and relive candid moments. Now people upload stuff on Instagram but it's intended to a generic audience, much unlike browsing through an album on the couch.

    > In the 90s you only had certain songs if you knew someone who had it on cassette and you borrowed it and put it on your mixtape.

I knew lots of people who recorded 120 Minutes on MTV and listened to college radio.

I meant the niche long tail stuff, since the commenter mentioned "tons of painters I would not have been otherwise". The equivalent in music would not be on MTV.

> Then the fact that you only saw the picture once you were back at home, generated excitement that you could share and relive candid moments

Or you do like me and go see Interstellar 5 times in IMAX because the story was so good

I applaud your consistency and effort to curatr your feed which is certainly technibally possible but i am quite sure you are the exception to the rule.

    > I'm into a very particular sort of painting

Can you share some of your favourites that you follow? This sounds interesting.

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