Reed (and anyone else)
Was that flaming? Nah, I don't think so. It was justifiable venting. Very
healthy really, good way to avoid ulcers and other nasty aesthetic blocks.
You're right though, people (Americans in particular)are taught very early
on that pleasure is "bad" and that self indulgence is always a sign of
weakness. All the flux artists I know of (particularly those most active in
the 50s and 60s) seemed to understand this or faked it remarkably well. I
believe that pleasure is at the heart of most good art (well, pleasure and
vaudeville to be painstakingly accurate). I believe in total hedonism as a
valid "lifesytle" (insofar as I believe in "lifestyles"). Crowley had it
right you know, "Do What Thou Will Shall be the Whole of the Law." Good old
Uncle Al...one of the last men to know the value of a good sideshow.
Indeed, blah, blah, blah, woof, woof, woof.
Clearly too much time on my hands today.
Exactly under the sun
Badgergirl
(it was Beuys who changed my life. i get the feeling that people don't
realize how funny he was.)
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