This thing of having the heart numb is a tale with many advantages. First of all, branding is alright. Second, I'm allowed to be as emotional as a rainbow-the heart does not take punches. Thirdly (can you say 'thirdly' as you say 'trice'?) it is quite fun not to make sense. Like talking one minute about Aristotle, then about why I love the word 'allure', then about how come Marilyn Manson has a remarkable sensibility, and then a pragtfuld message on how much sunshine brings chatting with Amy Winehouse's other junkie (that being Simon).So, first we tackle Marilyn Manson. As I've always said: art cannot be tagged as good or bad, it depends if it talks to you or not. And sometimes it talks to a lot of people, like Impressionism or Da Vinci, or even Jeff Koons, or it can talk to some and the artist makes it all the way to the walls of the cafeteria.
The thing is that I was browsing for the 'Personal Jesus' video and ran into Marilyn Manson's art. http://www.marilynmanson.com/ (loudspeakers off if you don't wanna recreate 'The Grudge' environment).
Unsolicited opinion: I think the guy is a mix of fauve, expressionism, and has a sense of aesthetics that makes even more contrasting his funky personality. From the feeling I had of Mr Manson, thought that going against everything is neither original nor fun - actually it's rather easy. So looking at this melancholic big-eyed paintings made me think that perhaps the guy merchandises his expressed denials to push the limits and actually bent so much reality that he can practically do whatever he feels like.
Now, what about Aristotle? I was kinda 'looking for Jesus' (bumper sticker: 'Jesus loves you, the rest of us don't'), and kinda found him by reading the 'Nichomachean Ethics'. Funny association that I owe to my evolved little brother - you have to find yourself to find the answers! And the same questions tormenting us have been around since the time of the Greeks wondering about life (and wandering in togas). The greatest concept I've understood so far: there is one kind of happiness that is based on other people's standards. Man gets miserable because that image is superior to the one he formulated. Nothing to do with ambition, it's just about ignorance of other worlds, and hence the impossibility to reach them.
Anyhow, think I'm beginning to sound PoMo (Post-Modernist), but nobody can blame me - Copenhagen is the Mecca of speciality stores and very small niche markets. On the necessity of feeling 'unique', everybody is becoming to look alike at very high price tags. What is more anonymous: living in a 40 million people city where nobody knows you or being part of a hip herd?
Will shut up now. Pass on the De-Tox Firefly.
4 comments:
Hon'
couldn't be more lost. you point is...?
Dan'
Do I need to have a point?
Hey A,
Though I have some issues with Mr Wilson aka MM - the wannabe self staging PoMo Ziggy Stardust, for instance - he isnt that wasted. And actually there's no need for him to push the limits too much: he wouldnt be anything without them, but hey, that's no problem when in USA.
Saw him some time ago in the 90s in CPH, and seeing him preach against the double standards of American (Christian) contemporary society, may be justified overthere, but it seemed plain dull when situated in DK. Actually I rather felt pity with him - like a little lost boy, shouting to the world: look at me!
Jesper B.
Hey JB!
My point when discussing MM was precisely to question if his need to go against 'everything' has any merit at all. I find it too easy just to go against the consensual notion of 'good', so, as I did with Dali once, I tought there was nothing in there for me. Simply a one-layered individual that I already understood. But his paintings, outside the paraphernalia surrounding them (hence decreasing the original value I might want to find), did actually touch me.
As per the context, the American society is not mine and is not global, so agree on the pathetic figure. Do not think his 'preaching' can actually change anything at all as who would listen? - it is more a teatrical expression of 'something' he decided to be. You cannot 'become' cool, that I understood from trying and failing, so I guess Mr Manson will.
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