I love the bit about balancing irony and sincerity, disclosure and performance, authenticity and theater. It’s a real tension that is hard to balance. As you alluded to, it’s a geshtalt between (above?) the two that allows for artists to transcend. And that artistic ascent becomes an exemplar for all human action.
Interesting to note that “Morning Star” is also a Marian title, as well as a Luciferian one. Wisdom knows the difference between the various types of ascents and exemplars.
The artists I have appreciated most deeply have indeed those who gracefully reconciled "irony and sincerity, disclosure and performance, authenticity and theater." Including David Foster Wallace.
My dad was one of those guys with the black tie and pocket protector. In our house, we never had the luxury of forgetting the space program or the stupidity to think the moon landing was faked. Space Cowboys? While I greatly admire cowboys (and the line rolls off the tongue), I think a name like Magellan or Lewis or Clark might be more appropos.
it has just taken far too long for people to start writing cultural histories that include anime. one of the consolations of aging is that this weird niche thing that i grew up with as a kid is now a respectable medium that gets to get referenced in conversations about the american view of the self, the cold war, manifest destiny and jazz. crazy.
i think sometimes it's inevitable that other cultures will end up with a clearer view of america than americans can. especially a country with a destiny as tightly wound up in america as japan.
we live in a weird time period, but i for one am all for it.
See the movie Space Cowboys from the year 2000, starring Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner: avatars of Neil and the boys in their 60s, quite literally the last of a generation.
Is there a Harrison Ford, or Kevin Costner, or Mel Gibson? Real simple masculinity, not roids with looks-maxed reality? Can be strong, soft, relatable, aspirational, not mythical in that sense. Toughness without Marvel strength.
How in the hell did we believe that Michael Keaton could be Batman? But we did. Hell, even Val Kilmer.
Timothée Chalamet ain’t it. Matthew McConaughey’s close. Millennials don’t know how to grasp for this spirit. We scoffed at it, at our own expense.
Maybe there is something about Keanu Reeves, but he read as a surfer for much of his career.
I love the bit about balancing irony and sincerity, disclosure and performance, authenticity and theater. It’s a real tension that is hard to balance. As you alluded to, it’s a geshtalt between (above?) the two that allows for artists to transcend. And that artistic ascent becomes an exemplar for all human action.
Interesting to note that “Morning Star” is also a Marian title, as well as a Luciferian one. Wisdom knows the difference between the various types of ascents and exemplars.
The boys... round our digital campfire spitting metaphysics
The artists I have appreciated most deeply have indeed those who gracefully reconciled "irony and sincerity, disclosure and performance, authenticity and theater." Including David Foster Wallace.
Wow!!! Awesome connections, I don't believe I've ever met or read anything like this before. I do it all the time but few people really get it. Thnx!
Bebop is the only Japanese anime I ever liked
My dad was one of those guys with the black tie and pocket protector. In our house, we never had the luxury of forgetting the space program or the stupidity to think the moon landing was faked. Space Cowboys? While I greatly admire cowboys (and the line rolls off the tongue), I think a name like Magellan or Lewis or Clark might be more appropos.
it has just taken far too long for people to start writing cultural histories that include anime. one of the consolations of aging is that this weird niche thing that i grew up with as a kid is now a respectable medium that gets to get referenced in conversations about the american view of the self, the cold war, manifest destiny and jazz. crazy.
i think sometimes it's inevitable that other cultures will end up with a clearer view of america than americans can. especially a country with a destiny as tightly wound up in america as japan.
we live in a weird time period, but i for one am all for it.
Some call it “space cowboy,” some call it “gangster of love”. 🤷
See the movie Space Cowboys from the year 2000, starring Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner: avatars of Neil and the boys in their 60s, quite literally the last of a generation.
Is there a Harrison Ford, or Kevin Costner, or Mel Gibson? Real simple masculinity, not roids with looks-maxed reality? Can be strong, soft, relatable, aspirational, not mythical in that sense. Toughness without Marvel strength.
How in the hell did we believe that Michael Keaton could be Batman? But we did. Hell, even Val Kilmer.
Timothée Chalamet ain’t it. Matthew McConaughey’s close. Millennials don’t know how to grasp for this spirit. We scoffed at it, at our own expense.
Maybe there is something about Keanu Reeves, but he read as a surfer for much of his career.
Mars is next
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It’s all fake and gay 🤷♀️