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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
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Offered interesting PoVs, speaking as a has-been semi-professional photographer.
Appreciated the bits regarding oil paintings, the concept of possession, and how ways of seeing artworks relate to capitalism.
However, I don't think it offered any particularly new insights.
Still, it was a good read, though it would be better if it delved deeper into the modern aspects of how to see/view arts.
Appreciated the bits regarding oil paintings, the concept of possession, and how ways of seeing artworks relate to capitalism.
However, I don't think it offered any particularly new insights.
Still, it was a good read, though it would be better if it delved deeper into the modern aspects of how to see/view arts.
challenging
informative
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This is an important work in art historical criticism, and remains a thought-provoking overview of "western"'art and its relation to capitalism.
I suggest going to ways-of-seeing.com as a companion to this book, because it has viewable reporoductions of the works and images presented in the book, along with _most_ but not all of the text in the original small-format paperback, which was printed in black-and-white on cheap paper.
The book might have been adequate in 1972, particularly for viewers of the original TV production, but are inadequate for the modern viewer.
I suggest going to ways-of-seeing.com as a companion to this book, because it has viewable reporoductions of the works and images presented in the book, along with _most_ but not all of the text in the original small-format paperback, which was printed in black-and-white on cheap paper.
The book might have been adequate in 1972, particularly for viewers of the original TV production, but are inadequate for the modern viewer.
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reflective
fast-paced
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“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴.”
It is in the image of God that man was made, but it was in the images of life that he fulfills desires that can’t be fulfilled. It’s greed that we feed, constantly. We feed and feed until we are glutinous with dissatisfaction. We are always being sold something. Impossible to escape it in a capitalist state. And if Berger had predicted the state of our misery now from the 70s, what is left of us? And what is left of our desires? What happens in a post-capitalist world with too many images as social media feeds continue to increase on all faces. Televisions. Phones. Laptops. Glasses. Where next will we be targeted?
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳-𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴.”
The gap is filled with a haphazard adhesion that only numbs us. That puts us in a spell. It is hard to wake up from a 24/7 news cycle with a infinite feed. We are fed until we see nothing, mean nothing, become nothing.
“𝘐𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺-𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
𝘕𝘰 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳. 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 -- 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦.”
Perhaps then this is where we come to simulation living. If no two ends meet, then we are left in a limbo. And it’s in this limbo that tunnels us into a lack of perception. A lack of the keen eye meant for cherishing the world.
Where do we go from here?
*Quintessential reading. Most of it is knowledge acquired before, but put succinctly in a way that has sharpened my vision. I’m more aware of how many ads I see a day. I’m aware of the image. How much it makes up my daily life. I’m conscious of how many pictures I take in a day. And I want to flood all I see in writing, in regurgitating the image so that it can be swallowed in another way, more tangible than the reality we’re living now.
It is in the image of God that man was made, but it was in the images of life that he fulfills desires that can’t be fulfilled. It’s greed that we feed, constantly. We feed and feed until we are glutinous with dissatisfaction. We are always being sold something. Impossible to escape it in a capitalist state. And if Berger had predicted the state of our misery now from the 70s, what is left of us? And what is left of our desires? What happens in a post-capitalist world with too many images as social media feeds continue to increase on all faces. Televisions. Phones. Laptops. Glasses. Where next will we be targeted?
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳-𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴.”
The gap is filled with a haphazard adhesion that only numbs us. That puts us in a spell. It is hard to wake up from a 24/7 news cycle with a infinite feed. We are fed until we see nothing, mean nothing, become nothing.
“𝘐𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺-𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
𝘕𝘰 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳. 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 -- 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦.”
Perhaps then this is where we come to simulation living. If no two ends meet, then we are left in a limbo. And it’s in this limbo that tunnels us into a lack of perception. A lack of the keen eye meant for cherishing the world.
Where do we go from here?
*Quintessential reading. Most of it is knowledge acquired before, but put succinctly in a way that has sharpened my vision. I’m more aware of how many ads I see a day. I’m aware of the image. How much it makes up my daily life. I’m conscious of how many pictures I take in a day. And I want to flood all I see in writing, in regurgitating the image so that it can be swallowed in another way, more tangible than the reality we’re living now.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced