A person's personal life does not immediately invalidate their work.
For example. Let's say the accusations about Leonardo Davinci's predilections for corpses were true... they aren't but let's say they were.
Would that devalue the Mona Lisa?
Humans are monsters, each and every one of us.
Occassionally we still make art despite that
@TheGibson But art (or anything we create) cannot be truly understood detached from its creator either
@elomatreb @TheGibson I disagree completely. My enjoyment of a song and the meaning I find in it is between me and the song and my associations with it. The creator might have some opinion. I might not even know about it. I might learn about it and reject it. It's a historical curiosity. Relevant to 'how art is made', perhaps. (Or at least self-reported experience/thoughts of people making art) but rather irrelevant to any individual's appreciation of the art and how they share it.
