tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post4565889431199723781..comments2023-10-21T07:14:37.880-07:00Comments on Jazz: The Music of Unemployment: AM paradoxAndrew Durkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-67416391258076800302009-12-04T00:28:54.754-08:002009-12-04T00:28:54.754-08:00I think you're right about what he meant. The ...I think you're right about what he meant. The paradoxical thing is that mainlining truth via art can be a form of escapism.<br /><br />Shoot, now I've gotta use "mainlining truth" in a song. :)cinderkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-41526829056408357592009-12-03T13:15:29.468-08:002009-12-03T13:15:29.468-08:00Interesting. The notion of what "truth" ...Interesting. The notion of what "truth" is, exactly, makes the quote a lot more complicated.<br /><br />I wonder if it would have been more effective for him to have said "reality," or maybe just "honesty," instead of "truth"? (All those things are hard to define, of course.)<br /><br />I think he was responding to the idea of art as an abstract construction, and to the notion that art is a way of escaping everyday experience, as opposed to a way of reflecting and amplifying it. At least that's the interpretation that I had.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment!Andrew Durkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-76427398066105273602009-12-02T01:47:06.737-08:002009-12-02T01:47:06.737-08:00Ohhh, I like this.
But I'm not sure art-as-dr...Ohhh, I like this.<br /><br />But I'm not sure art-as-drug and art-as-truth are mutually exclusive.<br /><br />Drugs work because they synthesize natural substances that give us pleasure, producing their effects more quickly and efficiently.<br /><br />What do we do when we make art? We abstract. We distill ideas and emotions down to their essence. We simplify the truth to the point that it becomes a lie, and the lie expresses the truth in a pure and powerful way.cinderkeyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578961959712679966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-69800062442581489342009-12-02T00:13:07.372-08:002009-12-02T00:13:07.372-08:00My pleasure, of course!My pleasure, of course!Andrew Durkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471871547839907538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326339.post-53092611561965746442009-12-01T12:56:34.976-08:002009-12-01T12:56:34.976-08:00How wonderful to come across something on the Inte...How wonderful to come across something on the Internet, anything on the Internet, that I can agree with 100%.<br /><br />Thanks for posting.<br />DavidDavid Ockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03468370745653879674noreply@blogger.com