We're still around! We just don't show our most ambitious work to anybody else.
As you point out, it's not easy to draw inspiration from this decaying culture; but worse, it's impossible for a free spirit to produce art that anyone can even interpret meaningfully anymore. Every impulse that arises naturally and unfettered by the Zeitgeist…
We're still around! We just don't show our most ambitious work to anybody else.
As you point out, it's not easy to draw inspiration from this decaying culture; but worse, it's impossible for a free spirit to produce art that anyone can even interpret meaningfully anymore. Every impulse that arises naturally and unfettered by the Zeitgeist will just be seen as "countercultural" or "shocking" or "offensive." It's impossible to even speak plainly without people thinking you're being intentionally obnoxious; under such constraints, humor is the only form of creative expression that survives.
We're still around! We just don't show our most ambitious work to anybody else.
As you point out, it's not easy to draw inspiration from this decaying culture; but worse, it's impossible for a free spirit to produce art that anyone can even interpret meaningfully anymore. Every impulse that arises naturally and unfettered by the Zeitgeist will just be seen as "countercultural" or "shocking" or "offensive." It's impossible to even speak plainly without people thinking you're being intentionally obnoxious; under such constraints, humor is the only form of creative expression that survives.