Reading RMâs arts posts
Reading RMâs arts posts
RMâs words as âK-pop and the idol system itself canât let a person mature,â âIt is somehow, my job becomes a rapping machineâ led me to think about struggles, riptides of artists. (âKíë, ììŽëìŽëŒë ìì€í ì첎ë ì¬ëì ìì±íê² ëëì§ ìë ê² ê°ë€. ê³ì ëê°ë¥Œ íŽìŒ íëê¹ ëŽê° ì±ì¥í ìê°ìŽ ìë€.â âìžì ê°ë¶íŽê° ë© ë²ìíë êž°ê³ê° ëê³ â in BTS FESTA)
Also, when I saw RMâs arts posts, behind the photos of art works RM visited to see, the lives of the artists appeared, which led me to think about timelessness. After RM visited Art Basel, he talked about what he thought, what he wants. âSo I just want to make it long.â âI just wanna make music like the timeless piece that I admire.â (https://artbasel.com/stories/podcasts)
Through his encounter with art works, based on the podcast above, RM seems to seek for a benchmark as an artist. Though they are different fields, from music to arts, to seek after, the pursuit for creativity and identity, or timelessness is common.
RM appreciated the senior/precursor artist, such as a Korean sculptor ê¶ì§ê· Kwon Jin-kyu. The sculptor worked for creation from morning till night. The sculptorâs life, full of creativity and freedom seemed to inspire RM.
Also, the sculptor struggled for recognition while âKwon is seen as the ardently committed sculptor who persistently pursued "idealsâ and âeternityâ like the seeker of truth. â(https://artmuse.gwangju.go.kr/pj/pjExhibit.php?pageID=english0208000000&action=view&exhiCd=001&exhiTp=P&lang=eng&eSeq=771)
Or, an inspiration of Philip Guston. "But because he changed his style and he bravely encountered with the issues and the traumas of his young life, he could be Guston himself. Heâs just Philip Guston, not like the member of some trend or some time. Iâm just so impressed that he did it because itâs so different with his 50s and 70s.â(https://artbasel.com/stories/podcasts)
Creativity and identity were pursued in Kwon Jin-kyuâs life or Gustonâs life. Creativity and identity are closely tied in arts, and artists. From there on, timelessness can be generated and obtained. The question "who am I?" seems not to leave RM's side. Once he spoke "I have come to love myself for who I was, who I am, and who I hope to become," at UNGA in 2018, but he still seems to find true self. As he sings "oh let me be myself /ì€ ë륌 ëë¡ íê² íìì" in 'Wild Flower /ë€êœëìŽ.' Then, timelessness, after the pursuit for creativity and identity, what RM seems to want to have, is too far apart from as-is K-pop industry.
SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) Target 8.5 is: âBy 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value.â (âdecent workâ is interpreted as quality of work and human way work by UNICEF. https://www.unicef.or.jp/kodomo/sdgs/17goals/8-economic_growth/)
Referring to SDGs target, âdecent workâ in K-pop idol system is necessary now, after RMâs words as âK-pop and the idol system itself canât let a person mature,â âIt is somehow, my job becomes a rapping machine.â
The system deprives thinking and reflection time, or free access to âre-skillingâ, time to grow, be mature, develop, and be skillful of idols. Also, RMâs speech partially implies Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.3: âPromote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation.â (âdecent workâ is interpreted as quality of work and human way work by UNICEF.)
When I read RMâs arts posts, I also read a contrast of artistsâ situation. One could pursue identity and creativity freely, then obtained timelessness. But the other said âK-pop and the idol system itself canât let a person mature.â So, I became keenly conscious to have deeper empathy with artists, from SDGs points of view, even under inevitable Neoliberalism economy, music industry.
Once we ARMY were given wings by BTSâs songs. Words like wings as âLove Myselfâ, âSpeak Yourselfâ brought us freedom from struggles and riptides, and healed us. I remember such a gift that BTS gave, then I became SDGs conscious when I read RMâs arts posts. I hope all the artists keep pursuing identity and creativity, with decent work style, to obtain timelessness.
It is Zeitgeist (time spirit).
What do you think, ARMYs?
to be continuedâŠ!?
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