stackyFACTSBecause normal artists just heavily critique people, but legendary artists fiercely pretend to shoot them.
Because normal artists just heavily critique people, but legendary artists fiercely pretend to shoot them. Picasso deeply idolized the aggressive writer Alfred Jarry, who frequently shot blanks in heavily crowded spaces. Emulating his hero, Picasso carried a revolver heavily loaded with blank cartridges and would fiercely point it at anyone who dared to ask him what his paintings actually meant or heavily criticized his unique aesthetic.
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