Questions on commercialism in work
December 7th, 2007 | by gordon |
As spontaneous as it may sound, I wrote my thoughts on what I feel about commercialism & consumerism in less that 10 minutes and this came up;
“I begin to feel a sense of regret; watching 5 movies in the cinema isn’t really a fun thing to be done weekly:
I’m afraid that I might have lost the sense of having the emotive enjoyment act of commercialization in enjoying the movies I look forward to. Besides, walking in guilt of enjoying movies such as Beowulf further complicate the situation.
Am I then, a self-professed individual who is just trying to be enlightened under the lamps of anti-commercialization? I hate almost everything played on HITZ FM. I pick my clothes based on their less-availability most of the time. Perhaps, in due time, I might pick the Backstreet Boys as an inspiration to keep in-touch with more people; instead of enjoy hearing them singing on air waves, just in case we both can make some extra cash in the return.
Talking about design; I rather speak to designers about Armin Vit rather than David Carson. I would prefer to denounce the usage of Geometric shapes, Grey color and Minimalism.
I rather keep silent my ambitions to play like Steve Vai or have hair like Slash. I’m pretty happy to be speaking about Robert Lockwood Jr or John McLaughlin over Jimi Hendrix and BB King. Of course, Anthrax over Nirvana.
In a few days later perhaps, I might change my mind and enjoy listening to remixes of Sean Kingston’s latest hit. Maybe even collecting Manga comics or Levis jeans. Maybe, if I watch Hitman today, I will like. Perhaps on Wednesday, it will suck.
Am I the only person involved in this issue? I wonder.”
(Taken from my blog post on Facebook)
Am I the only one stuck in this pool? I never enjoyed staying static in a certain game, practice, discipline, etc. I rather move on from that zone and do else. Be it an ugly statement or whatever, I just want to keep moving on. As disturbing it might be, you still have got a mission to do besides keep on going:
Applying that to design, I always try to avoid working on something of the same look as a previous project. This is certainly disturbing as I don’t think I’m capable of repeating myself regularly in various projects. As much as I enjoy doing minimalist a while ago, I enjoy filling up white space nowadays. As much as I like to propose a toned down idea those days, I give my later proposals a louder shout and a bigger bang to the face nowadays.
Does making people happy with recycled ideas makes my time and effort worth it then? Does art directing like Roger Black help? Or perhaps, get inspirations from Bill Cahan?
A while ago, I lessen my playing to very basic rhythm lines, appreciating the space between each instrument. I find this extremely challenging and appreciated the importance of details. Last weeks band practice, gave me a 52 bar solo and I filled up the entire song with guitar licks, trading the silence for melody.
By practicing this, is it unhealthy for a designer? Or a musician? Does it spoil or take away professionalism from us? Is this cruel? Is Darth Vader willing going pink for a global cause. Or is this constant innovation? Feeling like Beowulf lost in the city. Is this unwise or just plain human ego? Pardon me, I need some time to meditate:
