I hate new-fangled things. I'm allergic to abrasive flashy novelty. Yet it occurs to me that it's my obsession with the past that made me such a classical gothic modern. I believe the authentic ones -- I didn't say necessarily successful ones -- aren't looking to be original. We just want to be stepping stones back with the first stone close enough to the present to leap to. As Picasso said, before the works of Michelangelo, he felt smothered with shame. And yet we're no doubt romanticizing it somewhat. Maybe just having the sense to desire it is perfect. I can't think of anything better. My cup runneth over.
HIGH RESOLUTION PHILOSOPHY, WORK IN PROGRESS RELEASED FOR VIEW ONLY IN EVENT OF EMERGENCY NEED FOR HAIR OF THE DOG THAT BIT US -- KNOWLEDGE! THE WAY OUT IS THE WAY BACK INTO THE GARDEN. DO YOU DARE? DO YOU DARE NOT TO DARE?
the missing thing that is completely different from everything else, but everything has a stake in it.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
how I became a modern by hating the modern world
I hate new-fangled things. I'm allergic to abrasive flashy novelty. Yet it occurs to me that it's my obsession with the past that made me such a classical gothic modern. I believe the authentic ones -- I didn't say necessarily successful ones -- aren't looking to be original. We just want to be stepping stones back with the first stone close enough to the present to leap to. As Picasso said, before the works of Michelangelo, he felt smothered with shame. And yet we're no doubt romanticizing it somewhat. Maybe just having the sense to desire it is perfect. I can't think of anything better. My cup runneth over.