05-05-2012, 11:51 AM
I've just been talking with a friend about the need for delicacy in dealing with certain subjects in art. For instance in recent years some comic books have tried distinguising themselves as "adult" by paying lip service to serious issues like rape. I think any subject can be used in any artistic medium, but you need to approach it with interest and sensitivity. If you're indifferent to the subject matter or are using it simply for effect I think the resultant work will be at best shallow and at worst offensive.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe