Friday, 16 November 2007
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
By Patrick Suskind
see relatedThe Hippigoth Phenomenon
First, a bit about Goth:
When punk delved more into nihilism, gothic went in a separate direction and became more hedonistic, sexual and religious oriented. Contextually, gothic and what it means to be goth has changed over the years that many people only subconsciously realize that what they are doing is an act of rebellion.
We are rebels.
We are social rebels, misfits, a society within a society, ignored to some extent but still there, thriving and becoming more popular than ever. In theory we could even become so popular that we end up dominating society, in which goth would actually become a social norm. And then it would be the squares (such an 80s term) which would actually be considered freaks instead of the basics of normalcy.And if that day should ever come, our individuality will have to evolve with it, but at least by then we will have dramatically altered our world to the point that we have become something more than a freakshow for the people on the subway. We will become a new social group that cannot be ignored any longer and our ethics and morals, many of which are deeply philosophical and have truth imbedded in them, will become a new cornerstone for an ever evolving society.
And so I say, Cheers to the future of Neo-Gothicism! Cheers to an art style that has been around since Francesco Goya in the early Romanticist Period! Cheers to the people, the designers, the writers and the artists who stand up and make a difference! Vive le resistance!
GOTH IS ABOUT REBELLING AGAINST SOCIAL NORMS, AND DEFYING OLD FASHIONED SEXUALITY & REPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT AND RELIGION. DO NOT EVER FORGET IT.
And now the comparison:
Strange how goth seems to be the dark 21st century version of the 60's hippies, isnt it? its like the sun and the moon. Sun was noticed first, connotated with light, warmth, and exuberant joy as the hippies were, then rejected. And as the ideology of it all resurfaces, the sun is replaced by the moon, associated with darkness, cold, and calm sorrow, as the goths are. But the ideology - Rebellion and Defiance against Structure, Societal Norms, Organized Religion, Tradition, Intolerance, Judgement, and the constraints of the Mind, Absolute Freedom, And Civil/Social Acceptance, and Self-Expression. Day becomes Night, Sun becomes Moon, Hippie becomes Goth. Maybe this time we wont go down in history as failures (which neither group is) as was the fate of the poor Hippies.
I AM A HIPPIGOTH. I HAVE ELIMINATED THE NEED FOR WAR BETWEEN THE TWO LABELS. WE SHOULD EMBRACE EACHOTHER, FOR HIPPIES AND GOTH ARE KINDRED SPIRITS. WHY NOT ERADICATE THE DISTICTION BETWEEN THE TWO? THE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE IS YOUR STYLE OF EXPRESSION. BRIDGE THE GAP, END THE FEUD. EMBRACE THE HIPPIGOTH IN YOU.
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Comments (3)
Why, thanks. That's my favorite playlist.
As for your post above, which I couldn't really overcome my curiousity to read -- and I do hope you don't mind my commenting on it any...
I quite agree fullheartedly ^_^
I'm not one for labels typically, but part of me does feel a connection to the terms "Goth" and "Hippie", if only for their more rebellious connections to other things.
I was struck by the same thing. How anyone who rebels against the social norm nowadays...is essentially kindred. The fact that everyone feels seperated by labels seems silly. We're the modern rebellion..so what if our methods to fight for our right to exist aren't that of violence...as was the tradition in other periods of history?
It's the truest nature of being human, to be individuals. To change, to evolve...but yet..preserve the things of the past which are more valuable than the "norm".
I'd love to see a future where everyone's an individual, and that it's normal to be such. And to be a Copy of another, to be the strange.
In a way..I'm working toward that. But..I suppose everyone's working toward it in some way or another...if only simply by existing. And I do admire people for doing that. Being themselves, bravely, despite the harshness of the "norm" at times.
Ah well..I've gone on enough, I think lol.
I absolutely love your post, and your About Me section! And, you know, I never looked at Goths that way before, but its true. I'm going to have to send this post to my friend, she'd do flips for it [shes a sucker for anything philisophical].
But one comment; Goth should NEVER be the main stream thing, because then it wont be about being you, it would be about being the norm, which goes against what it stands for.