Lately I've been listening to The Grouch a lot, and he's got this one song Artsy, I fucking LOVE this song.
You ever run into someone that thinks they're the most cultured, most sophisticated, creative person? They're always doing the coolest thing with the most amazing you fill in the blank. They are not only the shit (according to themselves, and if they're good looking a couple of folks around them that can't wait to/are fucking them) but they also show they're better than everyone else by doing some annoying thing like being a vegan, a minimalist, only reading 18th century poetry or only watching IFC.
None of those things are annoying to me in and of themselves. I think it's cool to be an individual. What's annoying is when someone brags about their lifestyle like it's a requirement to be able to understand/appreciate/contribute to the art world in some way.
Slightly less annoying but more rampant are the douche bags that think they know art just because they follow whatever is trendy at the moment. There's nothing wrong with that either but don't present yourself as a lover of the arts if you don't know anything except what someone told you, you should like. Example wearing a bunch of OBEY and when someone says "oh you like Shepard Fairey" and their response is "who's that?". Or "I didn't know you where into graffiti" and their response is horror and denial.
There are all kinds of artist out there, and an infinite amount of mediums. Some create music, with their voices, a musical instrument, with some one else's music. Some paint. With paint, oh so many kinds of paints, on canvas, wood, buildings, sidewalks, paper. Some take pictures. Some sculpt. Some build things. Some use words, to tell a story, write a poem, a song, paint a picture...
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I'm so uncultured. I think that 99% is a waste of time. Not ashamed.
ReplyDeleteHahaha, but I know you love music, and writing. Arts not only things that hang on a wall...
DeleteArt is so subjective...you like what you like because you like it, not because some art snob says you're supposed to. Trendy people who are all pretentious about it are just annoying
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly. :)
DeleteEverything I like looks similar to what my kid makes at preschool.
ReplyDeleteKids are the best artist
DeleteI know what you mean. I think being vegetarian is an excellent thing, for example, and I have a lot of vegetarian friends. But I posted a couple of photos of meat on Facebook and some of them were like "I should unfriend you" and "it's a matter of higher consciousness." Dude, really? Thanks for the lesson in self righteousness. So annoying. And you're right about people trying to be arty by being trendy. The ironic thing is that by the time it gets trendy, it's become mainstream! lol
ReplyDeleteI love everything you just said, if this was Twitter I would star and RT the f*ck out of it!
ReplyDeleteAlso YES to the irony of it all, have you watched exit through the gift shop? I think it's on Netflix
I hate it when people try to cram their lifestyle of the day down your throat. I work with a diverse group of people - from the boisterous Jamaican to the quiet Mennonite. When you are willing to listen, they all have something to say that is worth hearing.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm curious about the OBEY - google here I come.
Did you Google? Shepard Fairey is a graffiti/pop artist who now has a very successful clothing line. Also he made that (now) iconic blue/red Obama/hope print
DeleteI have one, and it might make people mad, so hopefully I won't offend anyone. I can't stand it when people say, "I loooove my dog. He's a rescue." That's great that you've rescued a dog--really, it is. But do you have to go around bragging about it all day long, as if you were the best thing that ever happened to that dog? Isn't it the other way around--the dog is a blessing to you? Listen to the celebrities in any magazine...almost every single one says, "I've got two rescue dogs," etc. And they can try to say that they're trying to bring awareness, but I don't buy it. They're bragging about what awesome people they are! PET PEEVE
ReplyDeletehahaha! I wish you had time to link up. That's a fucking great one (I hate that too) Also I haven't forgotten about award, had some sad times in my family recently and writing's been on the back burner. But I'll get to it soon :)
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