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Traditional Art

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From dabblers to masters, obscure to popular and ancient to futuristic, this is an inclusive community dedicated to showcasing all types of art by all kinds of artists, as long as they're made in a traditional medium

'Traditional' here means 'Physical', as in artworks which are NON-DIGITAL in nature.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

It is about rape, so yeah. The telling of trauma is intentional.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh ok, I see it now. It seemed abstract at first glance.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Totally. It is a bit abstract, or perhaps Dada or Surrealism inspired. It could be said that trauma is baked into those movements.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Sometimes to properly show the horrors of the real you have to leave the real behind

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I read it as about menstruation

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Interesting. The sexual assault reading comes from the artist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Oh interesting. I definitely see that now. I thought it was “passion according to gh”