Great as always, especially since I'm sure you did it in fifteen minutes without even a single typo along the way. I would add one other maybe at the end: a desire to believe we're not being manipulated by the people we think are admirable. Since we don't really regard public personas as crafted, we cherish our willing suspension of disbelief; I guess that's fragile. Artistry that's too obvious raises all sorts of uncomfortable questions.
actually I wrote it in ten minutes and definitely didn't have a note on my phone active for the last two weeks... 'Artistry that's too obvious raises all sorts of uncomfortable questions' -- I love that!! only tangentially related but I think that might have something to do with why ~the culture~ has a problem with artists or art that comes across too 'weird' or 'abstract' or 'avant-garde'
“We love the illusion of something springing into existence fully formed and perfect, but without contrivance or effort or work. We want production value without the production.”
I think about so many of these points all the time and I was even thinking to write a post along these lines but my post would’ve been so limited compared to this: this is so fleshed out and so insightful and so true and you have significantly expanded my thinking.
I think about your nepo baby points all the time actually. A lot of people shit on clairo for being a “nepo baby.” I think this kind of thing is so weird because like, a lot of the same people are often posting stuff about how what’s wrong with the “west” is individualism. But is the demand for someone to be perfect without assistance and without effort, simply as a result of their own inherent genius, not also a form of extreme individualism?
thank you! omg please still write that, especially all the stuff about the nepo babies, I would find that so interesting! I don't know clairo but I agreeee. also if I had a child I could help be successful I would obviously do whatever was within my power to help them. and if I could benefit from nepotism, obviously I would take whatever opportunities were offered to me. personally (but im selfish). I think a lot of nepo discourse stems from underlying jealousy more than any real principled stance. but in the interest of balance: I also think nepo babies who say they didn't benefit from their connections or even that it made 'making it' in the industry 'harder' is a load of nonsense and they should stop that cause it just annoys everyone
Great as always, especially since I'm sure you did it in fifteen minutes without even a single typo along the way. I would add one other maybe at the end: a desire to believe we're not being manipulated by the people we think are admirable. Since we don't really regard public personas as crafted, we cherish our willing suspension of disbelief; I guess that's fragile. Artistry that's too obvious raises all sorts of uncomfortable questions.
actually I wrote it in ten minutes and definitely didn't have a note on my phone active for the last two weeks... 'Artistry that's too obvious raises all sorts of uncomfortable questions' -- I love that!! only tangentially related but I think that might have something to do with why ~the culture~ has a problem with artists or art that comes across too 'weird' or 'abstract' or 'avant-garde'
This is SO good
“We love the illusion of something springing into existence fully formed and perfect, but without contrivance or effort or work. We want production value without the production.”
I think about so many of these points all the time and I was even thinking to write a post along these lines but my post would’ve been so limited compared to this: this is so fleshed out and so insightful and so true and you have significantly expanded my thinking.
I think about your nepo baby points all the time actually. A lot of people shit on clairo for being a “nepo baby.” I think this kind of thing is so weird because like, a lot of the same people are often posting stuff about how what’s wrong with the “west” is individualism. But is the demand for someone to be perfect without assistance and without effort, simply as a result of their own inherent genius, not also a form of extreme individualism?
thank you! omg please still write that, especially all the stuff about the nepo babies, I would find that so interesting! I don't know clairo but I agreeee. also if I had a child I could help be successful I would obviously do whatever was within my power to help them. and if I could benefit from nepotism, obviously I would take whatever opportunities were offered to me. personally (but im selfish). I think a lot of nepo discourse stems from underlying jealousy more than any real principled stance. but in the interest of balance: I also think nepo babies who say they didn't benefit from their connections or even that it made 'making it' in the industry 'harder' is a load of nonsense and they should stop that cause it just annoys everyone