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Discussion on: Can we separate the artist from their art? Should we?

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Damien Cosset

I didn't give much thoughts to this man before two days ago. I bought his book because it was recommended by several known people in this industry. If I had searched deeper into his blog or youtube channel, I wouldn't have bought this book.

Whenever you create something, I think you are always influenced by your beliefs and your ideals. Whatever those are, it will show in your creations. With that, I don't think it is possible to separate the artist from the art.

Anyway, whatever advice that man gave, you can find it in a lot of other artists, with a better, more inclusive and respectful language.

It is fascinating, and shocking, to see the reactions of people in cases like these. The Uncle Bob's reactions were incredibly disappointing. I know I won't be looking for his materials anymore.

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Danila Petrova

I have been writing for Simple Programmer for a while now. The team is excellent, and they are great at supporting the writers to produce the best possible content. The editing process is excellent, and there has never been anything wrong or insulting. Neither from the content or the people I work with.

So as far as the blog Simple Programmer goes... it should not be correlated with him specifically.

While he has started it and has an insane amount of blogs on it, there is a lot you can get from the dozens of other writers that generate content on it. And the media is actually developed by a great team that moderates the blogs to be high-quality and high-value in content.

So, in that case, I do not think it is so much about separating the art from the artist... As the "art" that is Simple Programmer has evolved and is no longer his blog, but rather a media run by awesome people!