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> in my experience, if someone puts a lot of effort into their superficial image or appearance, they tend to be boring and uninteresting underneath that Some o

> in my experience, if someone puts a lot of effort into their superficial image or appearance, they tend to be boring and uninteresting underneath that Some of the most interesting artists and musicians I know also put a lot of effort into their personal appearance. I don't think attention to appearance is correlated with depth of personality in any real way.

ixtli 9y ago
The desire to make a thing beautiful is no more or less valid when you do it to yourself versus if you do it to a canvas.
- everyone 9y ago
  Making your person a piece of art.. Thats a cool idea. I like it. I'd say someone like Daniel Lismore[1] is doing interesting stuff there. But the people in the article, replicating the standardized patterns, its like they are making themselves into those paintings that come in rental flats. Also why strive to turn yourself, which is all you have, into a thing? Like, you may as well instead decide to be a post-box and sit on the street accepting peoples mail. It seems like such a big sacrifice to me. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en5_eg__TOA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en5_eg__TOA
  - jdietrich 9y ago
    Daniel Lismore's work is entirely derivative of the late, much missed Leigh Bowery. I don't mean to knock Lismore, but Bowery was more radical, more brilliant and did it all 30 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om0MrCOXPcE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om0MrCOXPcE In my opinion, the ur-example of living art is the incomparable Gilbert and George. It's simply impossible to separate Gilbert from George from the work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDgch7UzRf8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDgch7UzRf8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL86-gH3dg0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL86-gH3dg0 If I were to pick a stand-out contemporary example, I'd name That Poppy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4nHLHDtyVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4nHLHDtyVA
everyone 9y ago
Yeah I have 0 data to support that point. Its a purely anecdotal one from my own personal experience.

ixtli 9y ago

The desire to make a thing beautiful is no more or less valid when you do it to yourself versus if you do it to a canvas.

everyone 9y ago
Making your person a piece of art.. Thats a cool idea. I like it. I'd say someone like Daniel Lismore[1] is doing interesting stuff there. But the people in the article, replicating the standardized patterns, its like they are making themselves into those paintings that come in rental flats. Also why strive to turn yourself, which is all you have, into a thing? Like, you may as well instead decide to be a post-box and sit on the street accepting peoples mail. It seems like such a big sacrifice to me. [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en5_eg__TOA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en5_eg__TOA
- jdietrich 9y ago
  Daniel Lismore's work is entirely derivative of the late, much missed Leigh Bowery. I don't mean to knock Lismore, but Bowery was more radical, more brilliant and did it all 30 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om0MrCOXPcE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om0MrCOXPcE In my opinion, the ur-example of living art is the incomparable Gilbert and George. It's simply impossible to separate Gilbert from George from the work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDgch7UzRf8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDgch7UzRf8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL86-gH3dg0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL86-gH3dg0 If I were to pick a stand-out contemporary example, I'd name That Poppy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4nHLHDtyVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4nHLHDtyVA

everyone 9y ago

Yeah I have 0 data to support that point. Its a purely anecdotal one from my own personal experience.