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| | Old School Avant-Garde, New Wave Traditionalists: An Essay on Innovation and Traditionalism in Art |
 | | A second problem which may develop in regards to cultivating a taste for innovation in the arts is the assumption that because something is innovative, it presents new possibilities and potentials, much as it does in the fields of science and technology, and therefore, we should embrace innovation. |
 | | This sort of traditionalist is not a traditionalist in the strict sense. |
 | | There are many factors which may influence the tiger in one way or another, and while these factors, such as my experience of tigers (traditionalism), or clever new ways to influence them (innovation), are of deadly importance, the tiger remains the primary focus, or reality, in the room. |
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