Anti-Climacus

THE VALUE OF ART: in re this Benjamin Alan post, I tend to find works of art instrinsically valuable because they ultimately say something from one occasionally gloomy intellectual type (Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Caravaggio, The Smiths) to another occasionally gloomy intellectual type (me). It's a nice way to remind yourself that you're not alone in the world, and that your difficulties have been shared by many others who have found ways to live through them.