“The mind cannot foresee its own advance.”
~Friedrich Hayek
Hit that Jive by Gramatik, who totally surprised and impressed me on Saturday night!
When did the world get so…
modern?
Every generation probably thinks of themselves as being “modern” ever since the word was invented.
Every generation feels that at their progressive day and age, they must be at the pinnacle of humanity, the best generation that has come yet. What more could we possibly learn and invent? What’s left out there for us to discover?
Modernity in some cases is moving towards rationality, organization.
Modernity is technology.
It’s about repetition, like the wheels of a train or the reel of a camera.
Modernity is conformity, regulation.
Everything in numbers.
Kicklines. Tapdancing. Anxiety.
At the same time, modernity is also about irrationality,
our dreams,
a mass movement towards a surreal world.
Modernity is the age where “anything is possible”,
for there has never been a better time to prove it than now.
The modern age is about creating spectacles and thrills,
trying to best capture our imaginations,
to excite our senses
The Joy of Living/La Joie de Vivre from 1934. Start from :40 w/o sound.
Modernity is about individualism,
eccentricity,
freedom to progress…
It’s pushing boundaries, changing perception, looking for what’s not yet there.
It’s about creating your own flavor of soda pop,
choosing the song you’re listening to, making plans to explore the world.
Modernity is a state of mind more than a time period, an optimistic account of moving forward,
and constant adaptation. Modernity doesn’t only create a rational world,
modernity changes what we once thought was irrational.
Modernity is, was, and always will be,
now.
(featured artist Wayne White agrees)
~Paul Klee
(artists include: Wayne White, Louise Bourgeois and Andrey Ev)
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