Should Art be for Art's sake?

Dear friends,

This excerpt from a James Baldwin speech is only five minutes-long, but deeply thoughtful. Especially in an era when singers, actors, and hip-hop people often call themselves "artists", at least to me, those just mentioned need to understand that first and foremost one must be "human" (and all that that implies) in his or her artistic expression, in order to be an artist. After all, nonhuman animals and other creatures have no use for art.

Still, most of what is being passed off as "art" in this society is simply "pander" and has nothing to do with art. Cheers!

G. Djata Bumpus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-IyamaAbxM