Would you rather it mattered what we do, if the outcome is doomed anyway? We are all going to die.
So many new substances are being invented that combine so many of the properties of existing substances, it’s an age of mash-up. It’s also a feeling I get; try anything, break things, do things that are hard. This is the third in a series of six installments beginning here: http://secretvespers.com/2008/07/21/pieces-part-1/
Have you ever felt like nothing was allowed to be new or fresh or wonderful? Like any attempt at sincerity or originality is seen through the post-modern glasses of irony, reference, and so on?
Isn’t it nice when you can pick and choose your causes? They can be like t-shirts, a sort of self-expression.
Sorted neatly in a frame, near a hundred others. What do you think of art theory?
Do you cook with your books or with your nose?
The image in this installment is derived from one connected with a movement called Anonymous. They are holding demonstrations this weekend. Has anonymity ever made you more honest, or made someone more honest with you? Have you lived somewhere no one knew you? Is anonymity good for freedom of information and expression?
Some jobs just grind you up and squish you out. Which industries do you think are the roughest? Is your job a meat grinder?
