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i've been thinking. And i think that my ranting is not, in fact has never been, directed at good art and good artists. (i'm talking about ethical goodness as well as excellent craftsmanship.) i guess things only start getting problematic when you immerse yourself in bad art by bad artists. So part of the answer is to start being more selective about what i allow into my life.
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The other part of the answer, as the Universe reminded me today (i seem to be getting a lot of answers from the Universe lately. i guess that means i need them...), is that we are all sinners in need of God's grace. And being careful about what influences i allow in my life, is an entirely different matter from taking a sanctimonious attitude towards those things that, for my safety, i choose to keep my distance from. The challenge is to know where and when to draw the line.
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