Advice to Critics Young and Old, Part 1 - A Review is Not a Proof
People who are unsympathetic to The Hub Review often collar me with questions like "Who are you to say what is art? And what is art, anyway? Can't anything be art?" Now these are valuable questions - although most don't go nearly deep enough. For instance, isn't "Who are you to say what is art?" really only part of the larger question "Who are you, period?" And I'm still working on that! I will note, how…