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Halx · 12-04-2004, 03:57 AM

Ya know, forget artistic integrity for a moment. I personally hate knowing the fact that nearly everything that you lay your eyes on today is geared to sell you something. I mean, to give you an example, why do brands put their logo on the shit they sell you? They aren't like pottery makers who only put their logo on the bottom of their product, they've gotta announce it to you that THIS IS THEIR PRODUCT. I'm sitting here staring at my Mitsubishi monitor. I've got a bright blue Pepsi can next to my left hand. My Klipsch speakers.. well they're promoting THX along with them. Things are no longer just what they are.. they are what they are called. It gives ME a really uneasy feeling when I help a company that has done nothing but sell me something I needed to buy anyways sell even more.

Ya know, whenever I have a conversation about a nice salesman who I talked to, I stop and get a shiver down my spine, realizing as if I learned to have such conversations from the really shitty commercials that you see on TV.

So now listen to some Led Zep and try your hardest not to think of Cadillac. Yeah, all you can think of is a fuckin' STS burnin' rubber, can't you? It only adds to the feeling, ya know? You can't escape it.. someone has injected their product advertising into your leisure time.

So, yes, you CAN blame people for selling their art to corporations to use to associate their own products with it. It stops being art at that point.

12-04-2004, 03:57 AM	#22 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	Ya know, forget artistic integrity for a moment. I personally hate knowing the fact that nearly everything that you lay your eyes on today is geared to sell you something. I mean, to give you an example, why do brands put their logo on the shit they sell you? They aren't like pottery makers who only put their logo on the bottom of their product, they've gotta announce it to you that THIS IS THEIR PRODUCT. I'm sitting here staring at my Mitsubishi monitor. I've got a bright blue Pepsi can next to my left hand. My Klipsch speakers.. well they're promoting THX along with them. Things are no longer just what they are.. they are what they are called. It gives ME a really uneasy feeling when I help a company that has done nothing but sell me something I needed to buy anyways sell even more. Ya know, whenever I have a conversation about a nice salesman who I talked to, I stop and get a shiver down my spine, realizing as if I learned to have such conversations from the really shitty commercials that you see on TV. So now listen to some Led Zep and try your hardest not to think of Cadillac. Yeah, all you can think of is a fuckin' STS burnin' rubber, can't you? It only adds to the feeling, ya know? You can't escape it.. someone has injected their product advertising into your leisure time. So, yes, you CAN blame people for selling their art to corporations to use to associate their own products with it. It stops being art at that point. __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals] Last edited by Halx; 12-04-2004 at 04:00 AM..