Herr Forkenspoon and I listen to music. So there's that. I have to agree with you Su about Romanticism. In these times, I think that Romanticism would be ground to bits. Something more robust and tender is needed and called for. I do not know what that something is. I do know that the animamundi needs some love and recognition. One does not have to look far to see that.
I had to laugh when I read your line that unlike the Egyptians we aren't buried with our stuff. I am in the process of downsizing my mother into an independent living situation and the hardest thing about the whole ordeal is "what to do with her stuff." Overwhelmed we agreed, "We should just build a pyramid, might be easier." LOL
Part of the reason for Romanticism was in contra to the Enlightenment and its scientific understanding of Nature and also of the Industrial Revolution and the mechanization of society. The conditions are the same, but it is now a backlash against the digital revolution and the overly functionality of society.
There is a desire for beauty and aesthetics, which is a natural progression away from the modern brutal and, frankly, ugly architecture of condos and office towers.
Why did people escape to Nature during the Pandemic? Because they did not want to be locked up in a rectangular ugly artificial box that is the same as the other boxes.
So, yes, neo-Romanticism is a departure from the ugliness of modern life, including that of competitive capitalism, and Nature is calling people to return to their more human and humane selves.
Complete agreement. The world has enough melodrama and grandiosity. Much romantic art was wonderful, but I can think of nothing the world needs less right now.
Oh Mama,
can this really be the end?
I'm stuck inside my mobile,
with the Mephis Blues again.
(With apologies to B. Dylan)
“Soundtrack music to life.” Just sitting and appreciating what someone else is doing without inserting oneself seems sort of rare nowadays.
Stealing data. Stealing art. Appropriating the entire human race. Why is this acceptable?
Jaron Lanier said we should be getting compensated for supplying the tech behemoths with basically everything.
You’re right… it’s time for a rebellion. I am completely with you. But … How?
Herr Forkenspoon and I listen to music. So there's that. I have to agree with you Su about Romanticism. In these times, I think that Romanticism would be ground to bits. Something more robust and tender is needed and called for. I do not know what that something is. I do know that the animamundi needs some love and recognition. One does not have to look far to see that.
Monet was impressed too by 19th century technological advancements, it seems, or....? - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Claude_Monet_004.jpg
https://www.impressionists.org/images/paintings/the-gare-saint-lazare.jpg
the Vikings too buried their dead with grave objects.
I had to laugh when I read your line that unlike the Egyptians we aren't buried with our stuff. I am in the process of downsizing my mother into an independent living situation and the hardest thing about the whole ordeal is "what to do with her stuff." Overwhelmed we agreed, "We should just build a pyramid, might be easier." LOL
Part of the reason for Romanticism was in contra to the Enlightenment and its scientific understanding of Nature and also of the Industrial Revolution and the mechanization of society. The conditions are the same, but it is now a backlash against the digital revolution and the overly functionality of society.
There is a desire for beauty and aesthetics, which is a natural progression away from the modern brutal and, frankly, ugly architecture of condos and office towers.
Why did people escape to Nature during the Pandemic? Because they did not want to be locked up in a rectangular ugly artificial box that is the same as the other boxes.
So, yes, neo-Romanticism is a departure from the ugliness of modern life, including that of competitive capitalism, and Nature is calling people to return to their more human and humane selves.
Complete agreement. The world has enough melodrama and grandiosity. Much romantic art was wonderful, but I can think of nothing the world needs less right now.
What do you think of Brian Eno?