Sunday, December 2, 2012

Surealist Art And Its Ramifications On Imagination, Society, And Philosphy From A Spectator's Point Of View





A golden marmoset, pictured here in all its awesomeness






There are many awesome things, including the golden marmoset, pictured here, inside the world. Unlike the golden marmoset, although, surrealist art must be awesome using its beauty and intellectual highness, while the golden marmoset uses its big eyes and small-curve of a nose to retain its awesomeness. Surrealist art changes the way we look at the world today, whether it be in literature, like Eeeee Eee Eeee by Tao Lin, or visual art like The Treachery Of Images, a painting by famous surrealist artist René François Ghislain Magritte*. Surrealist art grows the seeds of imagination and lets our mind and subconscious do the rest, resulting in sparks of beauty. It seems that children are more prone to this emotion or vision or whatever it is, and that the older you get the less you see(?) it. Our minds work like the vegetables in the sense that, if you leave them out long enough, they rot. A good book that expresses this is  Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) by Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint Exupéry (originally, but is shortened to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) in which an unnamed man, who had a chance at becoming an artist but was shot down when he was a child by adults who did not understands his drawings meets and befriends the only person who understands him: a strange young boy, who lived on a small plant with multiple small volcanoes, a few plants and a strange, beautiful flower (who said she was the only kind of flower in the universe, although it turns out that she is just a common rose) but decided to come find a new home (as much as he loved the flower, and as much as the flower loved him, he could not bare be with her) and goes hopping from planet to planet, until he comes to Earth and befriends a fox.
     Now that we have covered ind rot and awesome books, paintings and primates, there is still a question: is there any way I can stop my mind from losing imagination? Well, yes! Or at least, I think so. To answer this question, we must first read the unofficial "Terms Of Use" for adults.
1. Always be strict! The rules are there, no matter how stupid, and you must follow and never question, no matter how stupid they seem!
2. You are always right! No matter what, if you say something, it is always correct!
Those are pretty much the basics of the basics.
First of all, for number 1., although ok if you do not follow them, there are a few rules that might be wise to follow. For example, if I did not follow the rules of writing, the next sentence might look like this "peinofjdkercxfnofrpe;ask.jfnper;sdkaefvvodjnsclm", and I am not sure you would want to read that. peinofjdkercxfnofrpe;ask.jfnper;sdkaefvvodjnsclm.
Now, if you loosen up on the rules a bit, I think you may find that you are experiencing imagination more. Although, how would you know that you are experiencing imagination? Are there any signs that it is happening? In the religion of Buddhism, your main goal in life is to reach Nirvana, or release from change. So, maybe imagination would be like a mini-Nirvana? Wait, Buddhist monks and Buddhists in general follow strict rules to reach Nirvana, and I just said to loosen up a bit on the rules, so could Anarchy and Society be correlating in ways that go unseen? Or maybe, without Anarchy, there could be no Society, and vice-versa. Or maybe, it is your choice how imagination works, and we are each suited with out own, special sight.
Regards,
Your friendly neighborhood Laszlo



*We miss you, bro.




  

5 comments:

  1. Awesome, awesomeness Lazlo! My kids need to see this. I agree. Often older folks' brains just don't allow for imagination anymore as we become so very rigid and concerned with rules and such. Thanks for reminding us about the importance of imagination.

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  2. "Our minds work like the vegetables in the sense that, if you leave them out long enough, they rot." Intriguing point. Leave them out where, metaphorically speaking?

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  3. The mind rot would be made from
    1. The media, but not the normal gossip that comes to mind when the term 'media' is used, the other kind, the media which tells us what our roles in life will be, e.g. Children must busy themselves with playing and school and friends and must not question authority while adults must busy themselves with doing "important" things and with working and associates and must not question authority.
    2. Aging causes us to have mind rot. I know this sounds counter intuitive to what I just said, but for the media to tell people what their roles in life are, there must first be an older person and a younger person to use as examples.

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  4. To Professor Pancho, thank you!

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  5. Laszlo, At first I thought you were going to talk about Surrealism and I got real excited but the way you connected it to the art of retaining your imagination was brilliant. I don't think you have to worry about losing your imagination, it really doesn't happen to everyone, especially if they remain aware of the threat. I still have a really wild one. I very much enjoyed your take on it! You made me think and now I want to read the Little Prince again!

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