at what point does seeing an artist I'd never heard of in the same Alefantis circle of friends and thinking "I bet there's a lot of weird shit with kids in this person's art" and then looking them up and being exactly right stop being circumstantial?

it's not like there are just a few pieces here or there that are odd... the entire social circle is obsessed with pictures of kids. I don't understand how it can be denied at this point.