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Video Information: Samvad with Students || Chitkara University || 18.05.2026

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00:00why is it that a person is celebrated more after their death rather than when they were alive
00:08we are talking kafka here dostoski here shakov here vincent these are people who
00:16do not do easy art comfortable art they are difficult difficult not to comprehend
00:28but to metabolize the ego cannot digest them easily in fact they threaten the very digestive system
00:38the very apparatus that seeks to consume art as as entertainment or organization so when they are
00:47alive there is a clear problem because i am the one who is seeking to consume art as entertainment
00:58i am the one who is seeking to consume art as something that would validate my egoic existence
01:09and the artist refuses to cooperate so as long as the artist is alive he's an active threat
01:17we're talking real artists here
01:20but once the artist is gone he's just legacy he's just a story a narrative
01:27the artist is a story a narrative
01:28so
01:28so