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YOUTH MODE
Youth is a mode. It’s an attitude. Think Kevin Spacey’s pot- smoking muscle hunk breakdown in American Beauty. That’s a Boomer model of how it’s done. Regression to a state before the suit and the tie sucked all the life out of you and made you into a corporate drone. Everything fell apart for Spacey’s character because he did it all wrong. Being in YOUTH MODE isn’t about perpetually reliving yourself at a younger age, it’s about being youthfully present at any given age. Youth isn’t a process, aging is. In YOUTH MODE, you are infinite.
YOUTH =/= AGE
YOUTH = FREEDOM
Youth isn’t freedom in any political sense. It’s an emancipation from boredom, from prescription, from tradition. It’s the fullness of potential, the ability to be the person you want to be. It’s about the freedom to choose how you relate; the freedom to choose how you understand; the freedom to try new things; the freedom to make mistakes. Youth understands freedom with limits — that being adaptable is the only thing that will set you free.
k-hole is so full of shit omg
Youth is a mode. It’s an attitude. Think Kevin Spacey’s pot- smoking muscle hunk breakdown in American Beauty. That’s a Boomer model of how it’s done. Regression to a state before the suit and the tie sucked all the life out of you and made you into a corporate drone. Everything fell apart for Spacey’s character because he did it all wrong. Being in YOUTH MODE isn’t about perpetually reliving yourself at a younger age, it’s about being youthfully present at any given age. Youth isn’t a process, aging is. In YOUTH MODE, you are infinite.
YOUTH =/= AGE
YOUTH = FREEDOM
Youth isn’t freedom in any political sense. It’s an emancipation from boredom, from prescription, from tradition. It’s the fullness of potential, the ability to be the person you want to be. It’s about the freedom to choose how you relate; the freedom to choose how you understand; the freedom to try new things; the freedom to make mistakes. Youth understands freedom with limits — that being adaptable is the only thing that will set you free.
k-hole is so full of shit omg
"it’s not arrogance to not engage in criticism in art. it is my right to refuse to engage in critique. it is my right to not believe in this pedagogy of art. especially in a social culture where critique is often a violent ego driven act dressed up as a necessity to invalidate art or an artist. it is a system that has developed into feeding the critic and starving the artist. it holds the artists own art for ransom. in a limbo. it strips the artist of agency and the rights as creator to guide, direct, and protect their own work. i do not have to submit my art to your approval, for it to be valid. if my art comes from me. it’s mine. i birthed it. if it smells of my breath and my bone, that is all the validity it needs. i honor the gift of being an artist by embracing and respecting what comes through me, not judging it. i respect my work as it is, for who it is. i trust it. i trust myself. i trust my soul. first. always. creating is not a comparative process for me. it is not an arduous process for me. it is pure joy and blessing to have the ability to express myself and hone my craft. i come from the practice of only feeding my creativity. i come from the practice of solicited feedback (asked for when I need it) from my trusted contemporaries, elders, mentors, and others. feedback is a different vibration from critique as I have experienced it. it is born from a place of respect, not interrogation. feedback honors and engages with the work, it respects the art and the artists. critique in the ways that I have met it, often comes to discover what is wrong with the work. how is it flawed. and how should it be better. this is not an interaction i agree with. i create from my being, from myself. i do not understand asking someone to determine the worth of my work, as creativity is a sacred relationship between myself and my soul. It is very odd to me to say ‘please tell me if the way i am expressing my soul is okay to/ for you.’ for me, that is a very nonorganic and disrespectful act against myself, to centralize others feelings about my art, inside of my relationship with my art. i am central in my art. as i should be. as I am the artist. my art must first make me happy. if it does that, then I am satisfied. folks call this arrogance. to not adopt a position where my work must be dissected and shredded to be accepted. i call it love. respect. love and respect for who I am and what I create. you are free to love it or not. like it or not. i am simply not opening to hearing why you don’t like/love it. because just like my children, you not liking something i love, will not make me love it less. so why tell me. why bring your negativity to me. what do you think will happen. what do you want to happen. what is the end game of someone saying ‘I do not enjoy what you do.’ folks presuming and dictating to me an understanding of art that I must have, will never work. if you believe all art must be critiqued, in order to be considered valid art that is your belief. if i believe that it does not need to be critiqued to be considered valid, that is mine. we all have a right to our beliefs, but you don’t have the right to disrespect me, my work, or enforce your belief systems on me in my space or in a space that includes me. I don’t make disrespectful posts and tag names, or roll up in peoples inboxes to tell them what they should or shouldn’t do/believe. because it’s not something i consider to be my right. so just know, for me, it represents boundary crossing and it won’t be welcomed here."
Re: that's a long-ass way of saying DON'T CRITICIZE MY WORK
(Anonymous) 2014-03-06 02:03 am (UTC)(link)what are line breaks
Re: that's a long-ass way of saying DON'T CRITICIZE MY WORK
(Anonymous) - 2014-03-06 02:03 (UTC) - ExpandRe: that's a long-ass way of saying DON'T CRITICIZE MY WORK
(Anonymous) - 2014-03-06 02:08 (UTC) - ExpandWE lIVE IN MASS INDIE TIMES
It’s like someone yelled ‘Fire!’ in a crowded movie theater the day Kurt Cobain died and everyone tried to find a different exit. Mass Indie is what happens 45 minutes later. Tired of fighting to squeeze out the doors, everyone decides to stay in the theater. Panic subsides into ambivalence.
Mass Indie ditched the Alternative preoccupation with evading sameness and focused on celebrating difference instead.

YOUTH MODE: MASS INDIE
But being different isn’t always a lonely journey; it can be a group activity. Whether you’re soft grunge, pastel goth, or pale, you can shop at Forever 21. Mass Indie has an additive conception of how culture works. Identities aren’t mutually exclusive. They’re always ripe for new combinations.
It’s like someone yelled ‘Fire!’ in a crowded movie theater the day Kurt Cobain died and everyone tried to find a different exit. Mass Indie is what happens 45 minutes later. Tired of fighting to squeeze out the doors, everyone decides to stay in the theater. Panic subsides into ambivalence.
Mass Indie ditched the Alternative preoccupation with evading sameness and focused on celebrating difference instead.

YOUTH MODE: MASS INDIE
But being different isn’t always a lonely journey; it can be a group activity. Whether you’re soft grunge, pastel goth, or pale, you can shop at Forever 21. Mass Indie has an additive conception of how culture works. Identities aren’t mutually exclusive. They’re always ripe for new combinations.
In the style of an audio equalizer, Mass Indie culture mixes weirdness with normalness until it levels out. This is the dogma of: old jean jacket over an evening dress, expensive leisure activity in an industrial space, one party animal per party. In this scenario, mastering difference is a way of neutralizing threats and accruing status within a peer group.
do ppl write fanfic about prof sycamore and if so do they ship him with the red haired dude
mb stop leaving obnoxious instructions and just answer the door like a normal person
http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Eggpreg/works
Okay so I snagged a digital copy of Agent of Asgard and holy frick bigender Loki.
And not? Treated in a gross manner???
#I am emotional compromised in the absolute best way#also I really like the new girl I want more of her#I choose to ignore everyone who is being gross about these things already#and be happy about representation#shut up Finny
can i get some deets on this supposed amazing representation
And not? Treated in a gross manner???
#I am emotional compromised in the absolute best way#also I really like the new girl I want more of her#I choose to ignore everyone who is being gross about these things already#and be happy about representation#shut up Finny
can i get some deets on this supposed amazing representation
Once upon a time people were born into communities and had to find their individuality. Today people are born individuals and have to find their communities. Mass Indie responds to this situation by creating cliques of people in the know, while Normcore knows the real feat is harnessing the potential for connection to spring up. It’s about adaptability, not exclusivity.
Normcore understands the process of differentiation from a nonlinear perspective. It’s addicted to the toolkit provided by YOUTH MODE and never wants to put it away. Normcore doesn’t want the freedom to become someone. Normcore wants the freedom to be with anyone. You might not understand the rules of football, but you can still get a thrill from the roar of the crowd at the World Cup. In Normcore, one does not pretend to be above the indignity of belonging.
Normcore moves away from a coolness that relies on difference to a post-authenticity coolness that opts in to sameness.
But instead of appropriating an aestheticized version of the mainstream, it just cops to the situation at hand. To be truly Normcore, you need to understand that there’s no such thing as normal.
NORMCORE
• SITUATIONAl
• NON-DETERMINISTIC
• ADAPTABlE
• UNCONCERNED WITH AUTHENTICITY
• EMPATHY OVER TOlERANCE
• POST-ASPIRATIONAl
Normcore understands the process of differentiation from a nonlinear perspective. It’s addicted to the toolkit provided by YOUTH MODE and never wants to put it away. Normcore doesn’t want the freedom to become someone. Normcore wants the freedom to be with anyone. You might not understand the rules of football, but you can still get a thrill from the roar of the crowd at the World Cup. In Normcore, one does not pretend to be above the indignity of belonging.
Normcore moves away from a coolness that relies on difference to a post-authenticity coolness that opts in to sameness.
But instead of appropriating an aestheticized version of the mainstream, it just cops to the situation at hand. To be truly Normcore, you need to understand that there’s no such thing as normal.
NORMCORE
• SITUATIONAl
• NON-DETERMINISTIC
• ADAPTABlE
• UNCONCERNED WITH AUTHENTICITY
• EMPATHY OVER TOlERANCE
• POST-ASPIRATIONAl
getting down to the stuff that REALLY matters
why would you get delivery food
dnw my food bouncing around in someone's dirty car
dnw my food bouncing around in someone's dirty car
beyonce's baby looks way too much like her daddy
lol im enjoying imagining how much that much have hurt
no, just his annoying friends
i wonder how long he's been here
i wonder how long he's been here
nasty bonas don't mean a thing oh you nasty bonas
i h8 when u all get started talking about socks
just ignore them theyre boran
just ignore them theyre boran
When I ask the man about it, he tells me it’s solar-powered and launches into a lengthy explanation of how the panels on the roof convert sunlight into energy. I stop listening after sixty seconds and stare out the window.
exciting new tumblr trigger warnings: 'unreality'
i just had my first can of sprite and its so delicious, i now understand how people get hooked on soda
#did i ever tell you guys how much i love hanging out with couples#not ironically#like i have many friends who are couples?? and i enjoy being a third wheel as long as its not weird???
so lrw vomo and toby jones are about to have a threesome igss
so lrw vomo and toby jones are about to have a threesome igss
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