Name one great philosopher or Artist that is currently alive

[Caeculus]

Title.


I have been thinking about things today. There seems periods before us there were great philosophers and artists alive and creating Work but today it seems not many if any exist.

[propreffered7]

yea, they do. but it's def. different. i think population size has a huge effect too

i've had a similar discussion with "composers". doesn't seem like there are many composers like we're accustomed to from the past... but they might do movie scores now

a lot of those guys are famous cause the times they were in were rudimentary and they introduced "revolutionary" ways of thinking, but now there are so many processes as a byproduct of their efforts it's harder to create something "new"

there are tons of different mediums now too: computer/ digital artists/ animation, etc. , etc.

but i agree with you there doesn't seem to be as singular an influence as there used to be

[meekmilli]

[Caeculus]

yea, they do. but it's def. different. i think population size has a huge effect too

i've had a similar discussion with "composers". doesn't seem like there are many composers like we're accustomed to from the past... but they might do movie scores now

a lot of those guys are famous cause the times they were in were rudimentary and they introduced "revolutionary" ways of thinking, but now there are so many processes as a byproduct it's harder to create something "new"

there are tons of different mediums now too: computer/ digital artists/ animation, etc. , etc.

but i agree with you there doesn't seem to be as single an influence as there used to be

Yeah the only composer I can think of that I could consider a Great composer would be John Williams but it is nothing revolutionary

[Hutrapper]

Banksy

[xbluexhawkx]

Kanye srs

[JoeDelts]

[Gios]

Bob Dylan is still alive.

[OnlyHope]

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[criminal_manne]

Kayne srs

[ErnieMccracken]

Plenty of them on youtube brah

[xbluexhawkx]

Kayne srs

high key woke asf

people think he's crazy but he says some eye opening things srs

not to mention his discography

[katya422]

I have felt for some time that we seem to be just recycling the same ideas over and over, particularly with fashion.

But I also think that artists are often not recognized as great while they are living.

I think Ai Wei Wei has a pretty impressive body of work.

I just happened to catch this story recently about Titus Kaphar and I liked what I saw. I think that he has a very personal perspective, but at the same time the emotional power of many pieces transcend tribal identity and reflect a shared experience of being human.

[LtGoose]

Cardi B

[DDSF1]

Chestbrah

[ninetynine8]

IMO the reason we don't see as 'many' is because we live in a time where it's easy to be hypercritical of someone due to greater information about the person and that makes them seem less intriguing.

[Haplo21]

Banksy

Banksy is dogsh*t that morons think is clever.

[dizzin9]

Caeculuz

[railgunner22]

Big Lenny

[digital022]

Kanye srs

[BulkingIsHard]

Hans Zimmer

Christopher Nolan

Art is becoming digitized. You won't get many famous books and oil paintings in the 21st century.

[notbadnotbrad]

[propreffered7]

I have felt for some time that we seem to be just recycling the same ideas over and over, particularly with fashion.

But I also think that artists are often not recognized as great while they are living.

I think Ai Wei Wei has a pretty impressive body of work.

I just happened to catch this story recently about Titus Kaphar and I liked what I saw. I think that he has a very personal perspective, but at the same time the emotional power of many pieces transcend tribal identity and reflect a shared experience of being human.

yea, it's weird. i'd say art is more important, more used and proliferated than ever.. you could even call youtube thumbnails "art" in some way

there are tons and tons of artists here:

https://fineartamerica.com/

same thing here:

https://displate.com/

and i know there are many more. sites like etsy, etc.

maybe the internet has taken away from the recognition cause every lil person could have their piece of art purchased or used or something

whereas prior only the big names proliferated

there's more stuff like this:



web design, word press and theme creators, etc. tons

[HaiMeesk]

If there are any good philosophers right now, they've probably been cancelled ages ago and no one knows they exist. Some dikheads will invoke Chomsky sometimes, but he's dogchit.

Best artist in any field I can come up with is John Williams.
Maybe Quentin Tarantino too.

[DizzySmalls]

Tupac.

Slacking misc

[doughnutking]

Mike Tyson

“Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.”

[MnB91]

Jaden Smith is both a philosopher and an artist

[3fifty]

I'd say Jordan Peterson is one of the more intelligent people we have in the current day and age. I'm not as much into his philosophy as his social science background, but he is a philosopher.

[PITA21]

Jason Genova

[401Delta]

Kanye srs

When he said slavery was a choice he wasn't wrong.