It occurs to me that the existence of Indians and an awareness of their visual styles is part of my culture. Like, I'm not Indian, but I live in a world with Indians, interact with them as people and with their culture in various ways, and it seems somehow perverse to me to think that I'm not allowed to be influenced by a culture that has a strong proximity to me. I would understand desires to avoid disrespecting that culture, but to ask me to pretend like it doesn't exist or doesn't affect my ideas about art and music is a bit too far I think.
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