There's a big difference between identifying with the cross (self-emptying/sacrifice) and the crown (self-elevating/aggrandizing). We also could benefit from knowing the distinction between icons and idols.
Isn’t there something deep and eternal about the “original” thing being copied? Like the teachings of Jesus or the lyrics of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros?… regardless if they fell out of fashion, if you go back and look at the original thing on the ascending asymmetry, there’s something timeless and true about it that broke through, isn’t there?
I'd like to think so. But then it seems either every iteration of substance is original or only substance itself is. Consider nothing compares to you by Sinéad O'Connor. When I first heard that song my world shattered into glorious potential (or some other such hyperbole - it felt like a miracle). Then later I found out it was a cover of a Prince original. I excitedly go to listen to it only to discover that it's not onlu pretty unremarkable, but that it sounds like mediocre ripoff of ...Prince? Yet its the "original". Of course there's all sorts of ways to rationalize this but my point is just that sometimes takes an interpretation of something for something to really pop off. In such a case can we still attribute the magic to the original even if the original doesn't have the magic? Or if I take my own examples, especially the "hey, ho" aesthetic of Edward Sharpe, which was iterated on and straight up copied in some cases profusely by subsequent pop folk artists, I could say that I am the originator of that particular move. And in the context of Folk I would say I definitely am. But then, I was actually lifting it myself from Ennio Morricone in spaghetti western scores. So... 🤷♂️
.....gotta stop reading these comments, sure stirrin' up some ghosts for me. Black hole/mirror tiktoking, shows up in so many forms. Connected to the same dream memes, arer we. Ennio, like you wrote, followed me through so much writing. His overlooked, but better named "once upon a time in a revolution" music score (middle in trilogy) started humming to me "Sean". Someone below mentioned cloudbusting, when I was reiching a read recently. We are truley going beyond 24 frames a second, patting on head, a benny hill vertically challenged braindead, letting all copycaters dumb it down, saluting the true creators using whatever they can, to make a kite with pan. The pan within.
......just listened to you with Daniel Pinchbeck, great chat. This - a great essential to boot. Any music coming? Please do a podcast beyond this platform. Annoyed with Bubstack, having to sign in, tickin' all requirments. It pushes everyone (old and new-comer) to sign up, subscribe, click, comment and like - to a fork in the road, bale or not bale......in a world where reading has become obsolete. Bakenzie is blonkering this to a no bale platform. Anyways, don't be listening ta me, you'd go straight to the golug. When ya releasing tunes. I'm waiting on Morrissey (who has his own golug wait) and Laurie Anderson, who belts in with something next month. Check out John Cale, he's blown it outta the water with his new album. Go with Yancey, Alex and mash everything into one (this could be our future says he), few can do that and more importantly, none could copy. Shine on and Best Regards.
I, like totally, need a cacao ceremony to ground after reading this.
There's a big difference between identifying with the cross (self-emptying/sacrifice) and the crown (self-elevating/aggrandizing). We also could benefit from knowing the distinction between icons and idols.
Isn’t there something deep and eternal about the “original” thing being copied? Like the teachings of Jesus or the lyrics of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros?… regardless if they fell out of fashion, if you go back and look at the original thing on the ascending asymmetry, there’s something timeless and true about it that broke through, isn’t there?
I'd like to think so. But then it seems either every iteration of substance is original or only substance itself is. Consider nothing compares to you by Sinéad O'Connor. When I first heard that song my world shattered into glorious potential (or some other such hyperbole - it felt like a miracle). Then later I found out it was a cover of a Prince original. I excitedly go to listen to it only to discover that it's not onlu pretty unremarkable, but that it sounds like mediocre ripoff of ...Prince? Yet its the "original". Of course there's all sorts of ways to rationalize this but my point is just that sometimes takes an interpretation of something for something to really pop off. In such a case can we still attribute the magic to the original even if the original doesn't have the magic? Or if I take my own examples, especially the "hey, ho" aesthetic of Edward Sharpe, which was iterated on and straight up copied in some cases profusely by subsequent pop folk artists, I could say that I am the originator of that particular move. And in the context of Folk I would say I definitely am. But then, I was actually lifting it myself from Ennio Morricone in spaghetti western scores. So... 🤷♂️
.....gotta stop reading these comments, sure stirrin' up some ghosts for me. Black hole/mirror tiktoking, shows up in so many forms. Connected to the same dream memes, arer we. Ennio, like you wrote, followed me through so much writing. His overlooked, but better named "once upon a time in a revolution" music score (middle in trilogy) started humming to me "Sean". Someone below mentioned cloudbusting, when I was reiching a read recently. We are truley going beyond 24 frames a second, patting on head, a benny hill vertically challenged braindead, letting all copycaters dumb it down, saluting the true creators using whatever they can, to make a kite with pan. The pan within.
Absolutely loved the impersonation of a conversation with me; thanks for spiking my morning coffee.
Great article! I say: Cultivate revulsion for samsara. Remember death. Model yourself on saints not idols. Forgive yourself and fail harder.
......just listened to you with Daniel Pinchbeck, great chat. This - a great essential to boot. Any music coming? Please do a podcast beyond this platform. Annoyed with Bubstack, having to sign in, tickin' all requirments. It pushes everyone (old and new-comer) to sign up, subscribe, click, comment and like - to a fork in the road, bale or not bale......in a world where reading has become obsolete. Bakenzie is blonkering this to a no bale platform. Anyways, don't be listening ta me, you'd go straight to the golug. When ya releasing tunes. I'm waiting on Morrissey (who has his own golug wait) and Laurie Anderson, who belts in with something next month. Check out John Cale, he's blown it outta the water with his new album. Go with Yancey, Alex and mash everything into one (this could be our future says he), few can do that and more importantly, none could copy. Shine on and Best Regards.
Totally guilty of copying ACX cadence on my Substack!
You’ve been reading Girard and your identity is slowly imploding 🙏🏼. I is so awkward when one’s new asymmetrical movement critiques asymmetry.
Girard is aight but actually I'm setting the stage for a social entropy arc.