Form Follows Function Follows Fiasco

Nietzsche predicted that after the death of God, man would make new gods out of art, which seems about right. Monasteries gave way to movie houses, and our freedom from God has given birth to innumerable denominations: impressionism, surrealism, expressionism, cubism, abstract expressionism, pop art, photo-realism, concept art, and all the delineations in-between; and all their corresponding brethren in music and fiction. Now, democracy may be a marvelous self-correcting mechanism, but it contains in equal measure the capacity for self-deprecation, especially as one differs from our common experience. Our values, meaning, and purpose either are or are not; but they may not be reduced to matters of taste or the whole thing is done for. If they are not, certainly there’s nothing akin to joy in that, only illusion. On the other hand, to echo Plato, our art may be the shadows, but we ought to find in them the perfect forms. Form does follow function, but the function is divine, not material.
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Sources:
Wolfe, Tom. From Bauhaus to Our House. Washington Square Pr., 1981.
Wolfe, Tom. The Painted Word. 1975.
The Painted Word
Bloom, Allan. The Closing of the American Mind. Simon & Schuster, 1987.
Hicks, Stephen. How Art Got Ugly. 2004
Bacon, Francis. Of Truth. 1625
Vanhoenacker, Mark. Requium: Classical music in America is dead. Slate. 2014.
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Tracisnki, Robert. What Beyonce Think Pieces Tell Us About the Death of the Highbrow. The Federalist. 2017
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[@mrtangelo885]

amazing video, such a shame you stopped

[@bruschetta6302]

Why the hell did you stop doing these. You're astonishingly capable in both scriptwriting and editing, the few videos you made were incredibly personal and thought provoking and I could only imagine you getting better with practice and after 2 years of inactivity.

[@CharlesKincaid]

Thanks for the very kind words and the chastisement! Part of my absence has to do with my old computer breaking down. I only got a new one capable of editing at the start of the year; and having a day job has made it easy to ignore. In addition to that, many of my interests have shifted since I first conceived this channel. This video actually corresponds closer to my current sensibilities, and the direction I'd like to go.

[@bruschetta6302]

@@CharlesKincaid Totally understandable and relatable, dude. Anyway, of course it's not videos that are easily marketable but you've really got it. I can see you blossom and having a loyal fanbase, you were already forming one with the few videos you had.

[@carl_anderson9315]

Nice work man. This channel has lots of potential.

[@gratiamephpheta]

Thank you for this

[@denisa.sandu24]

Why you are so underrated??? Please continue your work, I love your concept and art, i ve first seen "double life of..." And i was impressed.. please create more content 🥺

[@contemporaryfilmreviews5583]

More videos maybe one day?

[@CharlesKincaid]

Perhaps........