The Great Suppression
Suppression, subversion, submission. These were key words for me this weekend, and, all told, are creating circular references in my world.
It all started with the word Suppression on a late, late Saturday PM/early Sunday AM. Thought I'd post/blather about the unemployment rate, the percentage of unemployed MBA's I know, and relate both to U.S. monetary policy, the Stimulus Package (*whistle*), chief econonmic indicators and the like. In my interweb lurkings around "Suppression" to support whatever hypothesis I came up with, I stumbled across this photo from an Iranian fashion show. What do you think?
The word Suppression in this context along with the visual reminded me of the word Subversion, which was related to a few other tasks on my to-do list. These other tasks result in the ability to pay my bills.
Sunday afternoon brainstorming on a theme. Sitting down at my desk with Subversion on my mind, thoughts quickly turned to Subversive people, artists, musicians. Johnnie Rotten, Sid Vicious. Made me think of Submission, on the B side to my red vinyl Sex Pistols import from junior high (Anarchy in the UK on the A side, natch). I decided to listen to every single version on YouTube. That's when I came upon this short film by Theo Van Gogh, also called Submission (WARNING: CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT MATTER, NUDITY, SOME VIOLENCE). This film brings us back to the fashion show referenced a couple paragraphs ago.
Submission, Subversion, Suppression. Arrived in a completely different place than intended, and hesitant and somewhat frightened to formulate a hypothesis. To be continued: Subversion trumps fear
It all started with the word Suppression on a late, late Saturday PM/early Sunday AM. Thought I'd post/blather about the unemployment rate, the percentage of unemployed MBA's I know, and relate both to U.S. monetary policy, the Stimulus Package (*whistle*), chief econonmic indicators and the like. In my interweb lurkings around "Suppression" to support whatever hypothesis I came up with, I stumbled across this photo from an Iranian fashion show. What do you think?
The word Suppression in this context along with the visual reminded me of the word Subversion, which was related to a few other tasks on my to-do list. These other tasks result in the ability to pay my bills.
Sunday afternoon brainstorming on a theme. Sitting down at my desk with Subversion on my mind, thoughts quickly turned to Subversive people, artists, musicians. Johnnie Rotten, Sid Vicious. Made me think of Submission, on the B side to my red vinyl Sex Pistols import from junior high (Anarchy in the UK on the A side, natch). I decided to listen to every single version on YouTube. That's when I came upon this short film by Theo Van Gogh, also called Submission (WARNING: CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT MATTER, NUDITY, SOME VIOLENCE). This film brings us back to the fashion show referenced a couple paragraphs ago.
Submission, Subversion, Suppression. Arrived in a completely different place than intended, and hesitant and somewhat frightened to formulate a hypothesis. To be continued: Subversion trumps fear