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| Art's value is found in its acceptance and inclusion into the culture it resides. Be it the greater culture, which finds comfort in the art styles familiarity, or a sub-culture group finding the true artistic value within its descriptive language. Such verbiage is held exclusively sacred by the second group, where it functions as a social boundary marker of separation. It presents a statement that they along have rights of total understanding of the art, their art . The greater culture in opposition finds the familiar artistic style saying "we who reside here are all the same". This speaks little for the rebellious who find such signage best suited as a jumping off position to begin their search for relevance through exclusion. Still they can only describe themselves and their desired position in a given society never to escape the boundary markers of the greater society which grows daily. Even the delusional can misinterpret only that for which they have information. |