- Rollo May
I am not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the line, as grew up and began discovering myself, I found that there were things I valued, and things I abhorred. Of these, two presented themselves as important.
Of value: the ability to be genuine.
Of abhorrence: the desire to be consumed by a modern conformist culture, and the inability to fight back.
I understand the necessity of mass culture, and the place it plays in our society, but what I cannot accept is its inconvenient tendency to swallow up individuals and spit them out as 1984's Winston Smith.
So this is a blog about things I love and things I believe in. I hope it may mean as much to you as it does to me.
Please do not use any of my original photographs or work without asking permission first.
your incessant need to rebel is sad. and, by always being "nonconformative", you are actually conforming - to the group of "nonconformists" (the people who will go to extraordinary lengths to be anti-society and anti-everything-in-it). a bit of a contradiction. of course you are going to get negative reactions when you dress all goth or emo or punk or whatever, because you look scary: having holes in your face and wearing creepy clothes is not beautiful. it has nothing to do with society's beliefs; it's not beautiful because it's unnatural. even little babies, who haven't had time to be shaped by society, cringe at the sight of people who wear creepy make-up and have a gazillion holes in their faces. they cringe (or cry) because those people look scary - not because they don't fit in with society. why do you possess the constant need to rebel? plus, you're always a know-it-all and are continuously trashing "mainstream" people - many of whom are not conforming, but simply wearing what they like: it's a different fashion; you like to wear weird black clothes and others like to wear happier clothes. leave it at that.
ReplyDeletep.s. if you are so anti-conformity, why do you shave your legs and pluck your eyebrows? that's the symbol of conformity!
With all due respect, I think if you really stood behind your comment, you wouldn't have made it anonymously, but I would love to carry on this conversation via email, because I don't want my blog to be clogged up with drama. I'd really like to speak to you more about your opinions, though, no passive aggression intended.
ReplyDelete"fans from overseas"? seriously? now that's arrogance. when there is noooo need to be...
ReplyDeletePlease, Anonymous, if you are the same Anonymous from before, I urge you to please voice your dislikes to my email address. If you dislike my blog or me, please rather say nothing, rather than constantly criticising me.
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