The Don of Crunk Blogs About Nothing

douglasmartini:

I’m sure there are plenty of people who think the opposite, but the criticism of criticism is one of the most annoying things to ever happen to the practice. It’s reductive, it’s redundant, and it reeks of arm-crossing self-righteousness. The way you decide to rally against your idea of the holier-than-thou music critic is to be holier than said holier-than-thou music critic? 

If you want the legitimacy that comes from peer or specialist review, you gotta submit what you find/create to criticism. Even if what you’re making is criticism.

If you don’t, that’s fine, but you should make sure the world knows it isn’t holier than you by signing your pieces res ipsa loquitur or making a similar gesture like disabling comment sections.

But instead you are criticising the criticism of criticism.

My criticism of criticism is that it often eschews constructive analysis and effective communication in favor of the esoteric and masturbatory.

(Source: jakec)