Art questions August 2022

 

Q: What does curiosity mean to you?

A: It means that I don't make everything about myself. The opposite of curiosity is self-centered indifference.

I'm actively looking for challenging works without automatically comparing myself to someone else.

Having curiosity means that I do extensive research instead of speculating and jumping to conclusions.

I'm not here to follow trends. Period. Life is too short. You don't have to be on Instagram if you don't want to.

My whole life I've been hearing this "be like everyone else" crap. I have never cared about it and I'm not going to start now.

I want you to care about art. Show how much you care. Value experience, have curiosity, use your imagination, talk about ideas.

Valontuoja - Light Bringer

Wax crayon / wax on paper. Rinta-Perälä, 2022. 

Drawing 404.

Dumbest Song Titles Explained

1. Britney Spears: E-Mail My Heart
The correct address is first name (dot) last name (at) heart (dot) org.

2. ZZ Top: Crucifixxx-A-Flatt
Explains itself.

3. Bryan Adams: I Wanna Be Your Underwear
It's on his Greatest Shits album, So Far So Poop.

4. Ted Nugent: Change My Sex
In this touching song, Ted goes from molesting guitars to molesting leaf blowers.

5. Nightwish: How's the Heart?
The keyboardist of Nightwish heard someone say this in an elevator, where he goes to listen to his own music.

Predictive Desperation

If everything is about marketing, you can sell used toilet paper. It just depends on how you market it. They're already selling the crap, why not sell the paper as well. Here's my idea: selling used plastic q-tips because of nostalgia. What's more nostalgic than that?

Here's a question: when is the last time you didn't fake excitement? The idiots who think that everything is about marketing have memorised a formula for success. It's the opposite of excitement. It's predictive desperation. An illusion. It's the most commercial approach and it has nothing to do with actual long term commitment.

This is nothing but desperate people trying to justify narrow-mindedness. In other words, nothing but condescending force feeding from these marketing maniacs.

Don't tell me what is "hashtag relatable." You're just revealing how much uniqueness is frowned upon.

Those who don't chase numbers usually understand that money is a boring topic. It might seem like the only topic when all is mainstream and all is glossy. Have fun being bored to death.

The more I see this discouraging crap around me, the more creative, playful and open-minded I want to be.

Night of the Seven Suns - new album out August 27, 2022

 The original book from 1966 (Weilin & Göös)

Matti A. Pitkänen (1930-1997)
Finland's greatest nature photographer.

New track: Thundering Cascade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcYSow0tWz4

Portaat - Stairs

Wax crayon / wax on paper. Rinta-Perälä, 2022. 

Drawing 403.