One thing that equally bums Dan out and cheers him up is art. Bad art is often unforgivable, making Dan go on a tirade about art school debt and talentless trust fund kids who plague New York galleries. Good art, on the other hand, makes an otherwise gloomy Saturday afternoon bright and reminds both Dan & ODA of their own dormant creativity. Unlike a museum visit where you can usually count on a few good art stars - dead or alive - to be on view, a typical walk through Chelsea (made up of mostly "pop-tart art," or young-ish contemporary artists) is a crap-shoot, consisting of about 80% bad art and 20% good art. Of that 20%, 3-5% is mind-blowing work (of course, all art is 100% subjective). Check out the new sidebar, Anti-Bummers, for an accumulating list of Dan's version of inspiring art.
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