this is a re-post from a journal I made on an artsite a couple months ago. but I guess no one there felt like discussing anything seriously because hardly anyone replied. I was pretty disappointed, I wanted to hear some thoughts. so I thought I'd post it here. I wasn't very articulate that day (apparently :l) but I don't feel like re-writing it all and I think I get the basic idea across

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it seems like...
anytime anyone does something creative it's "pretentious" (I know
that's one of my favourite words, I should learn more :l). it just
seems like artists were more...special backintheday, and now they're a
dime a dozen. I'm sure it has something to do with the 'Age of
Information,' with all these "artists" putting their stuff out there
maybe it seems that way. but then, maybe that's part of it, with more
exposure there might be people who otherwise wouldn't do it thinking
"hey I can do that shit" and it makes for even more.

but anyway.. it seems like lately (in history?) everyone is scrambling
for novelty. things hit their peak of public interest and then fade a
LOT faster. maybe has something to do with Terrance
McKenna's...timewave theory?

it just feels like...we can't do anything genuinely
neat/creative...anymore. there are no more real, true artists anymore.
it's all pretentious. you can't avoid it.

I want to avoid the old Ecclesiastical comment, but...it seems truer
than ever, to me.
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7 elipses, jesus christ