walking between worlds

Aspiring bohemian // ⚢ 22 // Dreamer of strange and terrible dreams

[roxydemi]

sitting on my blog’s porch with a cigarette and a shotgun

[cannibalchicken]

[laterkiss]

i have [gestures vaguely] my tendencies

[memewhore]

[doggiedyke]

Peace and love on planet earth

[somacruz]

i keep seeing this cut off but the preceding “yessiree” is vital to it imo

[7777777awawawa7777777]

i had to transcribe it

[dorothylarouge]

[ouroborosorder]

this is such a profoundly stupid thing to be mad about but. i periodically think about how banksy made one of my single favorite pieces of art of all time, and everything else he's ever done has sucked. man, how did you nail it once

[ouroborosorder]

It's this piece, titled The Banality of the Banality of Evil. Because on first glance, you're like. Yeah, okay, it's obvious what it's saying. Even nazis, even evil people can appreciate beauty, too. But then you learn its name, and suddenly the interpretation shifts a bit. The idea that evil is banal has in itself become banal. my first response to seeing a nazi on a bench is "oh it's about the banality of evil" and not "jesus christ there's a nazi on the bench."

and like. i dunno i think that's a really interesting way for a title to recontextualize a piece. it's finding nuance by tearing out the nuance you want to project onto it. it's not the greatest piece of art ever made, but i'd be lying if i said i didn't have a huge soft spot for it

[manwhorewednesdays]

Okay but I have to add to this

what I find really interesting is how the way this is drawn (especially considering who drew it) the art style seems extremely deliberate. This type of nostalgic landscape painting is very reminiscent of nazi art and specifically, Hitler's art.

Nazis were extremely judgmental of "entartete Kunst" (degenerate art). Bansky's usual work very well fall into this category! So for him to go for this style of painting in particular is another choice I find very interesting, because I can see some people react to this painting with some variation of "oh, I didn't know he could actually draw! I thought he is a hack but he is a real artist!" - and that is where they would agree with the Nazis.

I dunno I just find this piece very compelling

[ouroborosorder]

oh that is actually fascinating. in fact, to add on- a detail I omitted because I just kinda forgot to mention it. The reason there’s two signatures in the corner is because it was a painting in a thrift shop, Banksy adding the Nazi, and then returning it to the shop.

I think there’s something interesting about recognizing the lineage of this type of art and wanting to mess with it, subvert the intent, and explore the topic and legacy. It’s potent. I really like this piece

[knightsickness]

love this image bc what did the princess do to make the crowd shout and throw tomatoes at her. i know it wasnt nothing

[trashcangimmick]

[digitaldiscipline]

Ice Pick Joe, Goncharov (1973, M. Scorcese)

[toastbutteregg]

i needed to read this today so im sharing it to all of you!!

[toastbutteregg]

i needed to read this today so im sharing it to all of you!!

[sobcat]

people who do a PhD are running from something

[petits-pois-carcinogenic]

the job market

[my-dailydreams]

[goth-queen]

Goddess of Depression by Victor Nazarenko

[ourqueenwanda]

My collection. Please lmk if yall have more I would love to expand.

[shaddad]

da artista sul-africana nadeli tshegofatso modupi

[fyblackwomenart]

Naledi Modupi

[nitemarewrld]

my gender is bad porn parodies of horror movies

[sleepytrancysub]

[thelastgoodcountry]

Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi

[shalom-adamah-lekhem]

I remember reading Persepolis way back in the 2000s - it was my first introduction to the Islamist revolution in Iran, and Marjane Satrapi instantly became one of my heroines. Her untimely passing is a dagger to the heart. May her memory be a blessing, and may all her loved ones find comfort in this time of grief 🖤