In the contemporary city, time passes so fast that old symbols become outdated, and not due to time eroding but because they lose their context. Nothing dies of old age anymore.
A big difference exists between the country side (rural) – where aged symbols are metamorphosed into rites and the city (urban) where outdated symbols are simply lost. The city has no long term memory and the society modeling after it loses its property of retaining cultural heritage, every social product being a product made to expire when its local context is lost.
Modern man does not need superman anymore. Because no one needs to be saved anymore, he simply dies, remaining an impression in dusty magazines or on some internet “archives”.
I added to the existing context the actual formal interdiction of superman. I considered the transparent phone booths being the informal already given one, my intervention claimed to be the last drop in the death of superman.
(The killing of symbols, second motif)
No superman allowed
Flag desecration
To desecrate something so mighty. This, opposite to the intrinsic meaning of flag desecration was done in private. It was not done with a specific national flag, it was done with the concept of a general absurdity that stands in front of some true reasons to kill and hate.
I will destroy more symbols in some future series, as a homage to the people that believed in them. Nietzsche (or Dostoevsky) said god is dead. I say that flags are dead.
Brave new ISMs
consequentialism, transcendentalism, intuitionism, Manicheism, neo-Marxism, liberalism, occasionalism, utopianism, eternalism, logical positivism, compatibilism, apriorism, intellectualism, communitarianism, imperativism, perfectionism, romanticism, ethnocentrism, authoritarianism, libertarianism, gnosticism, Thomism, eudaimonism, relationalism, dynamism, anarcho-syndicalism, monotheism, logicism, Socraticism, agnosticism, Platonism, probabilism, Zoroastrianism, Freudianism, monism, neo-Confucianism, subjectivism, automatism, universalism, inductivism, nativism, Aristotelianism, interactionism, altruism, aestheticism, feminism, holism, deconstructionism, realism, objectivism, intentionalism, operationalism, Buddhism, prescriptivism, conventionalism, scientism, polytheism, socialism, scholasticism, Islam, fallibilism, hylozoism, anthropocentrism, solipsism, meliorism, idealism, interpretivism, perspectivism, spiritualism, fascism, experientialism, eclecticism, structuralism, vitalism, egoism, fideism, naturalism, internalism, modernism, verificationism, Christianity, mentalism, irrationalism, utilitarianism, pantheism, organicism, dogmatism, secularism, totalitarianism, particularism, associationalism, empiricism, dialectical materialism, experimentalism, communalism, contextualism, panpsychism, Stoicism, determinism, cynicism, symbolism, historicism, accidentalism, incompatibilism, materialism, psychologism, historical determinism, postmodernism, expressionism, asceticism, essentialism, constructivism, Randianism, animism, immortalism, Social Darwinism, acosmism, Kantianism, cognitivism, hedonism, rationalism, deism, absolutism, Pythagoreanism, deontologism, functionalism, Darwinism, individualism, optimism, Pyrrhonism, reductionism, theism, mysticism, physicalism, abstractionism, creationism, concretism, sensationalism, humanism, descriptivism, cosmism, fatalism, environmentalism, pacifism, illusionism, communism, relativism, personalism, nominalism, henotheism, pluralism, existentialism, falsificationism, neo-Platonism, skepticism, ism, immaterialism, finalism, situationalism, egalitarianism, behaviorism, representationalism, anarchism, foundationalism, sensualism, legalism, emanationism, anarcho-capitalism, necessitarianism, emotivism, coherentism, neo-Aristotelianism, Hegelianism, atheism, teleologism, equalitarianism, antinomianism, positivism, instrumentalism, voluntaryism, capitalism, dualism, Taoism, intrinsicism, indeterminism, Confucianism, atomism, Epicureanism, externalism, Marxism, syncretism, mechanism, Cartesianism, polylogism, emotionalism, voluntarism, conceptualism, immoralism, ascriptivism, collectivism, substantialism, phenomenalism, nihilism, anthropomorphism, pragmatism, classicism, pessimism, formalism, epiphenomenalism, statism
Take a deep breath. Relax. Be free.
No strings attached
They were looking at the systems through the strings, telling everyone how free they are.
In a momentary lapse of faith, one of them saw the ropes. Scared, he quickly closed his eyes, hoping they will vanish soon.
Dedicated to my never ending love for *isms.
Stringism.
