We could go so far as to say that it is the human condition to be grotesque, since the human animal is the one that does not fit in, the freak of nature who has no place in the natural order and is capable of re-combining nature's products into hideous new forms. Mark Fisher
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When Michel Foucault spoke about the grotesque, he was referring to the ways in which we as humans interact with one another. We as humans are capable of such things as the creation of art and literature, which is grotesque. It is not so much the creation of art itself that is grotesque, but rather the purpose of creating art.

Source: The Weird And The Eerie

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