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Do you feel like media has 'altered' our sense of aesthetics and intellectualism?
What would you make of relevant 'couture dioramas' (e.g., Atlantic City)?
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An incredible female Indian politician named Indira Gandhi had to deal with the complications involving a separatist movement by Sikhs following India's separation from Britain. The Sikhs, like Chechnyans of post-USSR Russia, wanted their own nation based on religious/aesthetic differences and they were willing to rebel to achieve this. Suddenly politics was very close to culture and everyday life.
Gerald Holtom, a political artist of British lineage, Daphne Guinness, a designer/artist of British-Irish lineage, gave the world creativity and imagery that lasted in society in various forms and are something like 'aesthetics diplomats' in this age of customs/couture-based networking/governance (e.g., European Union). We've seen an evolution towards 'design-based society trends' (e.g., Celebrity).
It's not uncommon for religion and mythology to seep into culture/society, and we saw this in Ancient Greece (e.g., Aphrodite, Medusa) and Ancient India (e.g., Shiva, Kali). When metaphysics blends with social consciousness, we see more 'passionate' politics and sometimes even terrorism.
Americans today are selling comic book media like crazy. There are countless comics-adapted Hollywood (USA) films and even more merchandising, which makes outlandish comic book avatars such as Gray Goblin, Hobgoblin, Wonder Woman, and the Flash offer an 'American rendition' of a 'Robin Hood aesthetic.' Perhaps that's because urban traffic in this new age has people thinking about 'derring-do.'
Now that video-games are popular too, there are even more crazy characters for people to market/merchandise (e.g., Legend of Zelda, Mortal Kombat, Final Fantasy). It's almost as if metaphysics has become 'deeply conversational' (that sounds like an oxymoron!). That's why more and more social critics consider the value of arts and crafts as a way to 'negotiate' between groups enduring aesthetics/perspective/belief-based conflicts (e.g., Britain and Northern Ireland). That's why 'celebrities' like Gerald Holtom and Daphne Guinness are considered 'media era diplomats.'
We used to celebrate Little Orphan Annie and the Little Rascals and Popeye in America. Today, there's much more graffiti, comedy, pedestrian 'stickie-art' and selfies, Facebook, and 'doodle-oriented imagination' (e.g., Nickelodeon). This shift in 'colloquial aesthetics' gave rise to the MTV generation as well as the Netflix generation. Is this all cheerfulness or junk food? What would the Devil say?
You might read of a super-celebrity such as Tom Cruise marketing his personal beliefs regarding the Church of Scientology in the convenience-based modern media today. More and more people care about the 'ergonomics' of entertainment. That's how fashion became wed to politics --- it was like an amusement park (e.g., EuroDisney!). Critics of America feel that such 'laissez-faire spirituality' may be a sign of 'morality-caffeine,' a point raised in the Cruise film Magnolia (incidentally).
Alternative religions such as Scientology and Luciferianism are finding hospitable arenas in this age of media and chatter. There are websites for virtually any religious group or even non-mainstream belief-system. Some feel the rise in popularity of Atheism as a 'religion' can be explained as an 'intellectual backlash' to all this 'imagination sensory overload.' However, it's still all marketing, as President Trump might suggest.
When Americans want imagination stimulation to 'counter' all this 'brain-candy,' they download one of the numerous new horror-films such as The Strangers, The Purge: Anarchy, Annabelle, and The Ninth Gate. It's almost as if media has created an eerie demand for 'sarcasm-goosebumps.'
TRUMP: There was IBM, then MTV, then Netscape, and now Netflix.
CARTER: Don't forget about Wal-Mart and Facebook...
TRUMP: Marketing has 'colloquialized' aesthetics!
CARTER: It's all about Cracker Jack.
TRUMP: Can networking create sincere negotiation?
CARTER: Sure. The European Union is based on such optimism.
TRUMP: Maybe that's true, but capitalists want real results.
CARTER: Perhaps that's where Vanity Fair figures into 'society.'
TRUMP: Is this all good for democracy?
CARTER: It's certainly good for consumerism (e.g., Olive Garden).
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What would you make of relevant 'couture dioramas' (e.g., Atlantic City)?
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An incredible female Indian politician named Indira Gandhi had to deal with the complications involving a separatist movement by Sikhs following India's separation from Britain. The Sikhs, like Chechnyans of post-USSR Russia, wanted their own nation based on religious/aesthetic differences and they were willing to rebel to achieve this. Suddenly politics was very close to culture and everyday life.
Gerald Holtom, a political artist of British lineage, Daphne Guinness, a designer/artist of British-Irish lineage, gave the world creativity and imagery that lasted in society in various forms and are something like 'aesthetics diplomats' in this age of customs/couture-based networking/governance (e.g., European Union). We've seen an evolution towards 'design-based society trends' (e.g., Celebrity).
It's not uncommon for religion and mythology to seep into culture/society, and we saw this in Ancient Greece (e.g., Aphrodite, Medusa) and Ancient India (e.g., Shiva, Kali). When metaphysics blends with social consciousness, we see more 'passionate' politics and sometimes even terrorism.
Americans today are selling comic book media like crazy. There are countless comics-adapted Hollywood (USA) films and even more merchandising, which makes outlandish comic book avatars such as Gray Goblin, Hobgoblin, Wonder Woman, and the Flash offer an 'American rendition' of a 'Robin Hood aesthetic.' Perhaps that's because urban traffic in this new age has people thinking about 'derring-do.'
Now that video-games are popular too, there are even more crazy characters for people to market/merchandise (e.g., Legend of Zelda, Mortal Kombat, Final Fantasy). It's almost as if metaphysics has become 'deeply conversational' (that sounds like an oxymoron!). That's why more and more social critics consider the value of arts and crafts as a way to 'negotiate' between groups enduring aesthetics/perspective/belief-based conflicts (e.g., Britain and Northern Ireland). That's why 'celebrities' like Gerald Holtom and Daphne Guinness are considered 'media era diplomats.'
We used to celebrate Little Orphan Annie and the Little Rascals and Popeye in America. Today, there's much more graffiti, comedy, pedestrian 'stickie-art' and selfies, Facebook, and 'doodle-oriented imagination' (e.g., Nickelodeon). This shift in 'colloquial aesthetics' gave rise to the MTV generation as well as the Netflix generation. Is this all cheerfulness or junk food? What would the Devil say?
You might read of a super-celebrity such as Tom Cruise marketing his personal beliefs regarding the Church of Scientology in the convenience-based modern media today. More and more people care about the 'ergonomics' of entertainment. That's how fashion became wed to politics --- it was like an amusement park (e.g., EuroDisney!). Critics of America feel that such 'laissez-faire spirituality' may be a sign of 'morality-caffeine,' a point raised in the Cruise film Magnolia (incidentally).
Alternative religions such as Scientology and Luciferianism are finding hospitable arenas in this age of media and chatter. There are websites for virtually any religious group or even non-mainstream belief-system. Some feel the rise in popularity of Atheism as a 'religion' can be explained as an 'intellectual backlash' to all this 'imagination sensory overload.' However, it's still all marketing, as President Trump might suggest.
When Americans want imagination stimulation to 'counter' all this 'brain-candy,' they download one of the numerous new horror-films such as The Strangers, The Purge: Anarchy, Annabelle, and The Ninth Gate. It's almost as if media has created an eerie demand for 'sarcasm-goosebumps.'
TRUMP: There was IBM, then MTV, then Netscape, and now Netflix.
CARTER: Don't forget about Wal-Mart and Facebook...
TRUMP: Marketing has 'colloquialized' aesthetics!
CARTER: It's all about Cracker Jack.
TRUMP: Can networking create sincere negotiation?
CARTER: Sure. The European Union is based on such optimism.
TRUMP: Maybe that's true, but capitalists want real results.
CARTER: Perhaps that's where Vanity Fair figures into 'society.'
TRUMP: Is this all good for democracy?
CARTER: It's certainly good for consumerism (e.g., Olive Garden).
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