GREAT! Then I recommend you get a creative hobby! Perhaps you could be the next MARCEL DuCHAMP! I bet a creative, wonderful soul such as one who would stumble upon my blog could step up and come up with something just as interesting as a urinal with the wrong name! Maybe you could take a water fountain and call it URINAL.
URINAL
A look at our post-modern view of socioeconomic policies with regards to the inhumane process of Capitalism.
A look at our post-modern view of socioeconomic policies with regards to the inhumane process of Capitalism.
FANTASTIC. I just know you'll be a star, you have that look in your eyes, that look that says: I AM WILLING TO SELL OUT TO IMPRESS CHICKS AND MAKE A LOT OF ILL-GAINED MONEY. Which is what you'll be doing, basically. You'll probably have realised that taking someone's concept and inverting it lacks any artistic merit, and let alone that Duchamp's original design was a horrible idea. But he's famous now! Look at it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcel_duChamp
He's got his OWN DAMN WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE.
Fuck, I've done some pretty horrible and original things in my life and I don't have a wikipedia article yet. There will never be a question about me on Jeopardy, no A&E Biography, none of that nonsense. I've done plenty of fantastic things before. Look at my breakthrough work, Urinal. That's at least as creative as anything Marcel Duchamp ever did. Dadaism is fantastic bullshit. I could puke in a cardboard box and it would be a Dadaist masterpiece. I think that I've never bothered with anything so ridiculous is why I'm still an unknown, at least that's one good reason. Readymades are a waste of my time. Fuck you, R. Mutt. Just because the definition of art is a meaningless and arbitrary one that allows anything to be art does not mean that your art is good. Do you think that you're a success because some people think that it isn't art? You're a failure, Duchamp! Art isn't dead yet, although you've made a fine murder attempt. Or perhaps we should admire you for convincing millions of people that your waste of our time is what everyone has been waiting for. Damn you.
I'm sick of uncreative, uninspired, untalented art. For instance, I still can't believe that people actually listen to The Beatles. You think it's cute to be "bigger than Jesus"? I don't give a shit about blasphemy and feel free to believe what you want, but that is one of the dumbest things that you could say. I remember that when I first started drumming, one of the first songs that I learned was "Ticket to Ride". There are three distinct* beats in the song, any of which could be learned by your average toddler or an elephant**. They're not even interesting beats. Any drummer that you've ever heard of can outclass Ringo Starr, with the exception of Megan White, who is just shameful. I could say plenty about The White Stripes, but I'm trying to stay a tad relaxed.
Fuck you, Dan Brown, I have nothing to say to you.
Modern art has become a disgrace, and it stems from modern society's problem with definition. Society is litigious, and we want definite answers to every question, so when no one has a definite answer for art, it creates an answer: anything.
There are, of course, benefits to this. It opens the doors for real artists such as Mike Patton, whose talent and innovation in popular music is unmatched by any living artist***. Salvador DalĂ is also another one of our modern geniuses. Literature has suffered more, and very few writers could attain a "legendary" status in these black days, however the advent of the internet has, along with an unbelievable volume of trash, accumulated several decent writers that would not receive the same exposure without this "stage" to present themselves upon. Many talented artists cannot find this exposure without "selling out", and many fail without any money or visibility to back them up****. The point I am trying to make is, creativity is important, however it is useless without any sort of skill or talent or any ability to overcome a weakness in your art, and vice versa. If you cannot write, then perhaps writing is not for you (although I encourage all potential writers and artists to get their work out there and find feedback, and try to improve themselves).
SO WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO? Well, as I said, if you think you're a creative soul (and everyone is in some respect), then get working! There cannot be enough art in the world, and the more there is the more that will be undeniably quality work. HOWEVER... I have some important pointers.
1. Always keep practising your art.
2. Try to get people to notice you.
3. Don't suck at it.
4. Don't sell out just because you suck. You're practising to get better.
5. Listen to feedback, as long as it's not ridiculous.
6. Never do what anyone else is doing.
I love art, it's why I'm here, and that's why it's so important to me that we keep progressing forward, instead of backward or in a circle*****. Naturally, it will be my attempt to culture every reader of my surprisingly amazing****** blog, and I hope that every day you will learn something new from me about something fantastic to look at or listen to and go, "hey, that's kinda neat, actually".
Not every day. I don't actually work that often.
*They're actually almost identical.
**Provided that the elephant has an attendant to hand him the sticks.
***I say this with no confidence, but I couldn't name someone more revolutionary without thinking for some time, and then it would be wasted.
****While I'm on the topic, I suggest reading http://girlsareprettyforever.blogspot.com/; for such a talented humourist, Bob Powers does not receive nearly enough attention. He doesn't even have a Wikipedia article yet.
*****Or any other crazy shape.
******Or is that amazingly surprising? I don't think so, though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcel_duChamp
He's got his OWN DAMN WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE.
Fuck, I've done some pretty horrible and original things in my life and I don't have a wikipedia article yet. There will never be a question about me on Jeopardy, no A&E Biography, none of that nonsense. I've done plenty of fantastic things before. Look at my breakthrough work, Urinal. That's at least as creative as anything Marcel Duchamp ever did. Dadaism is fantastic bullshit. I could puke in a cardboard box and it would be a Dadaist masterpiece. I think that I've never bothered with anything so ridiculous is why I'm still an unknown, at least that's one good reason. Readymades are a waste of my time. Fuck you, R. Mutt. Just because the definition of art is a meaningless and arbitrary one that allows anything to be art does not mean that your art is good. Do you think that you're a success because some people think that it isn't art? You're a failure, Duchamp! Art isn't dead yet, although you've made a fine murder attempt. Or perhaps we should admire you for convincing millions of people that your waste of our time is what everyone has been waiting for. Damn you.
I'm sick of uncreative, uninspired, untalented art. For instance, I still can't believe that people actually listen to The Beatles. You think it's cute to be "bigger than Jesus"? I don't give a shit about blasphemy and feel free to believe what you want, but that is one of the dumbest things that you could say. I remember that when I first started drumming, one of the first songs that I learned was "Ticket to Ride". There are three distinct* beats in the song, any of which could be learned by your average toddler or an elephant**. They're not even interesting beats. Any drummer that you've ever heard of can outclass Ringo Starr, with the exception of Megan White, who is just shameful. I could say plenty about The White Stripes, but I'm trying to stay a tad relaxed.
Fuck you, Dan Brown, I have nothing to say to you.
Modern art has become a disgrace, and it stems from modern society's problem with definition. Society is litigious, and we want definite answers to every question, so when no one has a definite answer for art, it creates an answer: anything.
There are, of course, benefits to this. It opens the doors for real artists such as Mike Patton, whose talent and innovation in popular music is unmatched by any living artist***. Salvador DalĂ is also another one of our modern geniuses. Literature has suffered more, and very few writers could attain a "legendary" status in these black days, however the advent of the internet has, along with an unbelievable volume of trash, accumulated several decent writers that would not receive the same exposure without this "stage" to present themselves upon. Many talented artists cannot find this exposure without "selling out", and many fail without any money or visibility to back them up****. The point I am trying to make is, creativity is important, however it is useless without any sort of skill or talent or any ability to overcome a weakness in your art, and vice versa. If you cannot write, then perhaps writing is not for you (although I encourage all potential writers and artists to get their work out there and find feedback, and try to improve themselves).
SO WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO? Well, as I said, if you think you're a creative soul (and everyone is in some respect), then get working! There cannot be enough art in the world, and the more there is the more that will be undeniably quality work. HOWEVER... I have some important pointers.
1. Always keep practising your art.
2. Try to get people to notice you.
3. Don't suck at it.
4. Don't sell out just because you suck. You're practising to get better.
5. Listen to feedback, as long as it's not ridiculous.
6. Never do what anyone else is doing.
I love art, it's why I'm here, and that's why it's so important to me that we keep progressing forward, instead of backward or in a circle*****. Naturally, it will be my attempt to culture every reader of my surprisingly amazing****** blog, and I hope that every day you will learn something new from me about something fantastic to look at or listen to and go, "hey, that's kinda neat, actually".
Not every day. I don't actually work that often.
*They're actually almost identical.
**Provided that the elephant has an attendant to hand him the sticks.
***I say this with no confidence, but I couldn't name someone more revolutionary without thinking for some time, and then it would be wasted.
****While I'm on the topic, I suggest reading http://girlsareprettyforever.blogspot.com/; for such a talented humourist, Bob Powers does not receive nearly enough attention. He doesn't even have a Wikipedia article yet.
*****Or any other crazy shape.
******Or is that amazingly surprising? I don't think so, though.
2 comments:
Oooh.
You should look on YouTube for a Levi's spec ad featuring John Watkiss and Marcel Duchamp's urinal.
Gwahahah, I appreciate that.
It's good to see that someone agrees with me, although way more people have heard of Duchamp than Watkiss, unfortunately.
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