This channel is literally the only place on youtube that breaks down art on a function deeper than the the technical or the political. You may not get as much traction, but the ideas presented on this channel are more important than anything else ive found. Your willingness to genuinely critique the "art world" is refreshing. Funny enough I actually found you through a Sam Hyde shout out a year or two back, Ive literally watched every video youve put out, many multiple times. Helped me build my own understanding of artistically creation. So thanks for your entire body of work. Also, Im curious about your thoughts on the idea that human intuition can be logically deduced by studying culture as a whole. That way the art can harness the immediacy of intuition, but also retain the predictability of a logical approach. I dont interact with my intuition as a personal impulse, but instead I analyze as many cultural exchanges as possible, then try to determine why the most effective symbols, stories, aesthetics, and archetypes effected so many people all in similiar ways. I think this impersonal approach to intuitive understanding will regularly prove more effecive in communicating to the audience over time then relying on personally effecting archetypes. Its easy to get lost in the web of cultural exchange at first, but after identifying a few universal archetypes, finding your way closer to the center of the "MEME MAZE' becomes easier. At risk of sounding like a skitzo, my theory is that the World Wars have left a massive void of meaning in the West, and that at the center of the meme maze is a new archetypal narrative that will either reignite this civilization or birth a newone. This archetypal narrative and the aesthetic used to express it would be "civilizational meme", or a meme powerful enough to build a civilization on. That is to say by understanding the collective consciousness well enough, an artist or group of artists could construct a artistic expression with the ability to generate an entirely new belief system. The last work of art to do this successfully was the New Testament, but since the world wars its like the collective hasnt truly believed in anything. Even Christianity itself is all but completley lost, and basically has been parroting popular politics for decades now. Of course there are other narratives that attempted to function as a "big meme", Marxism or Fascism for example. Although both were un-sustainable I have to be impressed as an artist, as both memes were able to grip and destroy entire civizations while in their hayday. My goal is to help birth the next "big meme" for my civilization, but hopefully more sustainable this time. Any thoughts? P.S. It would be awsome if you critiqued art your viewers sent in.
Great input. I appreciate your insight. I'm not sure if I completely follow what your getting at, but I think this: "... new archetypal narrative that will either reignite this civilization or birth a newone." is what so much of the current global turmoil is about. It's my belief that much of what we are seeing is a global struggle between fundamental worldviews (much of what I'm saying is obvious). Looping back to your comment between "archetypal narratives". Humans tell stories regarding the nature of reality. Some of these stories for a host of reasons are viral in nature. These stories shape behavior. The fundamental clash between postmodernism and modernism (or a pre post-modern world view) is dramatic. In many cases it takes visual form you can read it in the clothes people wear, in their hairstyles and in the art and design they make. This issue really cuts to fundamental differences in the way people understand REALITY (or even if there is such a thing.)
@@StudioPractice1 Im surprised you understood that much of my rambling lol. Whether an objective fundamental "reality" should be assumed to exist or not, it can surely be said that some fundamental narratives are more effective than others. That is to say some narratives can achieve amazing feats, can birth civilizations, can bring meaning to peoples lives, can filll hearts with bravery, ect. While other fundamental narratives, when accepted and practiced by a group, results in degeneration and eventually self-destruction. The fundamental narrative of the west, (or the big meme as I called it), was Christianity. But it seems that that narrative can no longer drive western civilization foreword, as Nietzsche observed in "God is dead". (It seems that the East is in a similar state but I'm not sure about the specifics as I'm not an Easterner.) I see three possible ways foreword: 1) No fundamental narative replaces Christianity and the West contracts, while the geo-political power vacuum it leaves behind is filled by whoever wins the wars over it. 2) Christianity is revitalized and the West lives on relatively unchanged. 3) A new fundamental narrative grips the West and western civilization transforms into something else entirely. Of course not every Westerner would need to believe this narrative, but a critical mass needs to be reached. Any fundamental narrative needs to be sufficiently memetic (viral) in order to reach this critical mass; and in order for a narrative to be sufficiently memetic it will need to evoke universally understood archetypes. This is why I also called the fundamental narrative of a civilization its "Archetypal narrative". Anyway thank you for the thoughtful response it helped clarify some of my own ideas for myself. Hopefully you found some kindve interest or inspiration in my comment and I'm not just wasting your time.
Thank you Elliot. The questions you answer and the way you answer them is a total breath of fresh air for me. As an art student I feel like I am going crazy asking myself these questions. WHY IS NOONE TALKING ABOUT THIS!
You put into words exactly the conflict I have when I'm working on my music practice. Either something comes out rote and formulaic (logic side) or I end up making a convoluted mess that even I don't want to listen to after it's done (but I was vibing while making it for sure). Going to try to apply this framework to my compositions and see what comes out the other side.
try the modal approach.... go deep on the research phase... go hard as fuq researching how to make that shit better. THEN FORGET IT WHEN COMPOSING. after the song is done go back to active listening and researching.
@@StudioPractice1 This sounds like the working method of inventor Woody Norris. Look him up - he's pretty prolific, and I find him inspiring. I remember him on Coast-To-Coast AM years ago saying to make anything truly new, you need "enough smart to understand what you're working with, and enough stupid to forget the rules" (very rough quote). Stuck with me to this day.
The culture of design institutions seems to whither intuition because you think too much about formal rules initially, then being upstanding and politically correct. It's so important to entertain ideas you don't believe in to have a well informed perspective, but context is gone and the students are incapable of objectivity. There are all these filters that take away from our connection to the self and honest expression. Creative spaces need 100% open discourse without consequence to stop overthinking and promote intuition. When you're scared of being wrong it's hard to feel what's right.
I'm worried I won't have accest to tools necessary to make this, is there a free design platform that you can accomplish this on? Oh this seems like a general framework for creative design and practice. I can apply it to any of my disciplines.
IThoughts X buy it and support the developer. The application is amazing. Not sure its on android or windows. It is on Mac and iOS… It’s a totally mind blowing app. 5 stars
This is the best explanation I've ever heard on why the left can't meme
Thanks for the new vid. And i'm glad , Sam Hyde , of all people made me aware of your YT.
Glad to hear it
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This channel is literally the only place on youtube that breaks down art on a function deeper than the the technical or the political. You may not get as much traction, but the ideas presented on this channel are more important than anything else ive found. Your willingness to genuinely critique the "art world" is refreshing. Funny enough I actually found you through a Sam Hyde shout out a year or two back, Ive literally watched every video youve put out, many multiple times. Helped me build my own understanding of artistically creation. So thanks for your entire body of work.
Also, Im curious about your thoughts on the idea that human intuition can be logically deduced by studying culture as a whole. That way the art can harness the immediacy of intuition, but also retain the predictability of a logical approach. I dont interact with my intuition as a personal impulse, but instead I analyze as many cultural exchanges as possible, then try to determine why the most effective symbols, stories, aesthetics, and archetypes effected so many people all in similiar ways. I think this impersonal approach to intuitive understanding will regularly prove more effecive in communicating to the audience over time then relying on personally effecting archetypes. Its easy to get lost in the web of cultural exchange at first, but after identifying a few universal archetypes, finding your way closer to the center of the "MEME MAZE' becomes easier.
At risk of sounding like a skitzo, my theory is that the World Wars have left a massive void of meaning in the West, and that at the center of the meme maze is a new archetypal narrative that will either reignite this civilization or birth a newone. This archetypal narrative and the aesthetic used to express it would be "civilizational meme", or a meme powerful enough to build a civilization on. That is to say by understanding the collective consciousness well enough, an artist or group of artists could construct a artistic expression with the ability to generate an entirely new belief system. The last work of art to do this successfully was the New Testament, but since the world wars its like the collective hasnt truly believed in anything. Even Christianity itself is all but completley lost, and basically has been parroting popular politics for decades now. Of course there are other narratives that attempted to function as a "big meme", Marxism or Fascism for example. Although both were un-sustainable I have to be impressed as an artist, as both memes were able to grip and destroy entire civizations while in their hayday. My goal is to help birth the next "big meme" for my civilization, but hopefully more sustainable this time. Any thoughts?
P.S. It would be awsome if you critiqued art your viewers sent in.
Great input. I appreciate your insight. I'm not sure if I completely follow what your getting at, but I think this: "... new archetypal narrative that will either reignite this civilization or birth a newone." is what so much of the current global turmoil is about. It's my belief that much of what we are seeing is a global struggle between fundamental worldviews (much of what I'm saying is obvious). Looping back to your comment between "archetypal narratives". Humans tell stories regarding the nature of reality. Some of these stories for a host of reasons are viral in nature. These stories shape behavior. The fundamental clash between postmodernism and modernism (or a pre post-modern world view) is dramatic. In many cases it takes visual form you can read it in the clothes people wear, in their hairstyles and in the art and design they make. This issue really cuts to fundamental differences in the way people understand REALITY (or even if there is such a thing.)
@@StudioPractice1 Im surprised you understood that much of my rambling lol. Whether an objective fundamental "reality" should be assumed to exist or not, it can surely be said that some fundamental narratives are more effective than others. That is to say some narratives can achieve amazing feats, can birth civilizations, can bring meaning to peoples lives, can filll hearts with bravery, ect. While other fundamental narratives, when accepted and practiced by a group, results in degeneration and eventually self-destruction.
The fundamental narrative of the west, (or the big meme as I called it), was Christianity. But it seems that that narrative can no longer drive western civilization foreword, as Nietzsche observed in "God is dead". (It seems that the East is in a similar state but I'm not sure about the specifics as I'm not an Easterner.) I see three possible ways foreword: 1) No fundamental narative replaces Christianity and the West contracts, while the geo-political power vacuum it leaves behind is filled by whoever wins the wars over it. 2) Christianity is revitalized and the West lives on relatively unchanged. 3) A new fundamental narrative grips the West and western civilization transforms into something else entirely.
Of course not every Westerner would need to believe this narrative, but a critical mass needs to be reached. Any fundamental narrative needs to be sufficiently memetic (viral) in order to reach this critical mass; and in order for a narrative to be sufficiently memetic it will need to evoke universally understood archetypes. This is why I also called the fundamental narrative of a civilization its "Archetypal narrative". Anyway thank you for the thoughtful response it helped clarify some of my own ideas for myself. Hopefully you found some kindve interest or inspiration in my comment and I'm not just wasting your time.
Thank you so much for this!! Your explanation has brought clarity to my mental fog surrounding work in the studio.
My pleasure… lemme know if there’s any other subjects of interest
Feel so blessed to find you channel 🌟.
Thank you for all the time and effort you put into your videos 💚
You are so welcome
Thank you Elliot. The questions you answer and the way you answer them is a total breath of fresh air for me. As an art student I feel like I am going crazy asking myself these questions. WHY IS NOONE TALKING ABOUT THIS!
Thanks for the kind note. You raise a good question.
Thank you for continuing to share your perspective and insights to the world
Of course!
OH I MISSED YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS UPLOAD. AS AN ART STUDENT, YOUR VIDEOS HELP SO MUCH.
Thanks for breaking the concept down into beginner and grad student, I use your videos in my undergrad class from time to time.
That’s great to hear
Feeling and thinking is vastly analogous to producing and editing.
Agreed. Different words same concept
Great advice, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you
E, thanks for the vid. It's good to see your face!
thanks, really needed to hear this
Your welcome! Thanks for commenting.
Very good video, this helps me alot, it gives more clarity. Cant wait for part 2!
Glad it was helpful!
You put into words exactly the conflict I have when I'm working on my music practice. Either something comes out rote and formulaic (logic side) or I end up making a convoluted mess that even I don't want to listen to after it's done (but I was vibing while making it for sure). Going to try to apply this framework to my compositions and see what comes out the other side.
try the modal approach.... go deep on the research phase... go hard as fuq researching how to make that shit better. THEN FORGET IT WHEN COMPOSING. after the song is done go back to active listening and researching.
same here. def will try this.
@@StudioPractice1 This sounds like the working method of inventor Woody Norris. Look him up - he's pretty prolific, and I find him inspiring. I remember him on Coast-To-Coast AM years ago saying to make anything truly new, you need "enough smart to understand what you're working with, and enough stupid to forget the rules" (very rough quote). Stuck with me to this day.
The culture of design institutions seems to whither intuition because you think too much about formal rules initially, then being upstanding and politically correct. It's so important to entertain ideas you don't believe in to have a well informed perspective, but context is gone and the students are incapable of objectivity. There are all these filters that take away from our connection to the self and honest expression. Creative spaces need 100% open discourse without consequence to stop overthinking and promote intuition. When you're scared of being wrong it's hard to feel what's right.
Thanks for using a Wrestling Gif made me smile.
You bet
I'm worried I won't have accest to tools necessary to make this, is there a free design platform that you can accomplish this on? Oh this seems like a general framework for creative design and practice. I can apply it to any of my disciplines.
IThoughtsX available for Mac IOS and Windows…. Its like 25 bucks i think
What is this program you use to make these diagrams? featured around 5 minute mark
IThoughts X buy it and support the developer. The application is amazing. Not sure its on android or windows. It is on Mac and iOS… It’s a totally mind blowing app. 5 stars
@@StudioPractice1 thank you for getting back to me!
bro the sounds you use are so distracting xd but still, thx for the content!