I'm copying this from my notebook before I forget how to read the scribbles

[kyrasantae]

We deny the pursuit of any one extreme; to which it follows that we deny the advocation of any one extreme to cause the consequence of its opposite. Failure does not cause success, ignorance does not cause enlightenment, hate does not cause love, war does not cause peace, sin does not cause innocence.

To the extent that we choose to keep ourselves in a calculated ignorance, we do not concern ourselves with the workings of the politicians and powerful people, but the cultural directions of the common man.

Comments

Curiousity

[r-p-m.livejournal.com]

Have you got any examples to illuminate that last statement?

Re: Curiousity

[kyrasantae.livejournal.com]

Well, this is actually a bit of random scribbling for an "art manifesto" project for my SOC class. It's going to be a piece about the motivations and objectives for the art that I actually do.

That last statement is an obtuse reference to how my art is not concerned with politics or current events. It does not protest, it does not debate, it does not question. It may question social forces, but it does not question political or economic forces.

The piece will go on later about how the art shall never make specific reference to the modern world, either. It will serve to encourage its audience to discover how the artist's message could apply to the modern world, but it will never be explicitly framed that way.

Re: Curiousity

[r-p-m.livejournal.com]

Fancy. It's easier to understand when I know the context! Though... I guess that's contradictory since it's a statement on how the artist avoids presenting within a specific context... maybe? Ha.

Re: Curiousity

[kyrasantae.livejournal.com]

It's kinda weird because I undeniably produce art within a specific context, but I attempt to do it in a way that encourages alternate interpretations. I think it's more that the context cannot be related to current events, politics, and similar macroscopic processes (that is, those that affect people in large, organized groups).

I should add, however, that "social forces" here does not include issues of social justice, since those are still macroscopic.