Taiteen itseisarvo on eristää taide.

Ymmärrän itseisarvon niin että taide on arvokas teko tekijälleen taiteena. Tehdyn taiteen arvostus taiteena luo tekijälle ja teokselle arvoa. On yhteiskunnasta kiinni millainen taiteen arvo on hyväksyttävää, tarpeellista ja arvokasta ja mihin taiteen arvostus perustuu: mitä taiteelta haluamme määrittää taiteen arvon.  Tekijä, joka ryhtyy taiteilijaksi ajattelee tekevänsä taidetta. Hän tietää mitä taide on, mitä taiteelta haluaa, mitä taiteensa haluaa saavan aikaan eli miksi sitä tekee, on valinnut tekemisensä ajatuksena ja ryhtynyt toimeen. Teos joka on olemassa, jota voi katsella, esineenä ja esityksenä. Taide on itseisarvona on arvollinen, arvokas itsenään henkisenä tuotteena tekijöille ja katsojille ilman taloudellista tai muuta ulkopuolista arvoa. Tämä on tietysti ideaali ja taiteen totuus taiteen kuplassa. Taiteella on aina taloudellinen arvo, mikä on myös taiteen painolasti. Toinen painolasti on arvottaminen korkeaan ja matalaan taiteeseen eli arvokkaaseen ja vähemmän arvokkaaseen. Taide yleisesti toimii kokemuksena, elämyksenä, jonka voi omistaa, sanoa  ja ajatella nähneensä, tehneensä, luoneensa, osanneensa ja iloinneensa siitä. Taiteen tekeminen, minkä tahansa taiteen tekeminen on erikoisosaamista, joka vaatii taitoa, kykyä ajatella, halua ymmärtää ja herkkyyttä. Siis herkkyyttä. Mitä se sitten lieneekin. Taiteen tekeminen ammattilaisena vaikka puhutaan herkkyydestä ja hauraudesta vaatii päinvastaista. Asenteiden painolasti on pääasiassa negatiivinen, josta voi päätellä, ettei edes taiteen sisällä taiteilija saa arvostusta taiteilijana sinällään. Arvostus vaatii jotakin ulkoista, joka on muuta kuin pelkkä taiteentekeminen.

Että sanotaan tämä on taidetta on luoda taideteos. Teos sijoittuu. Teoksen olemassaolo vaatii katsojan. Taideteos yhteiskunnallisessa kontekstissa tarkoittaa asiaa, jonka ymmärrämme taiteena, mutta jota myös emme ymmärrä yhtenä ja samana. Teos on jokaiselle erilainen. Teos, jonka arvoa alamme mielissämme ja kokemuksena arvioimaan. Mitä teos antaa, mikä on teoksen kyky keskustella katsojansa kanssa, kuinka se resonoi, saa vastakaikua ja jatkuu puheena.

Tarkoitukseni ei ole ylevöittää taidetta, päinvastoin. Ylevöittämisellä ja taiteen itseisarvosta puhumisella luomme taidemarkkinat, joka on maailmanlaajuinen miljardibisnes. Luomme ylellisyyttä ja businessta, jota voidaan kutsua kauneudeksi, elämän lisäarvoksi pienelle osalle ihmisistä joilla on siihen varaa. Samaa ylevöittämistä tekevät museot ja galleriat, jotka eristävät taiteen ja pitävät taiteen itseisarvon arvossaan ja erillään. Pääsymaksut ja taiteen erikoislaatu ylellisyytenä tekevät sitä missä olemme nyt: taide ei kiinnosta, ei puhuttele, ei tavoita, eikä ole saavutettavissa mahdollisimman monelle edes ohi kävellessä. Taide pysyy poterossaan sen yläluokkaisuuden vuoksi, koska se pyrkii yläluokkaisuuteen, jossa tietynlaisella näyttäytymisellä ja näyttämisellä on tärkeä sija. Luokittelu ja halveksunta on osa taiteen maailmaa, joten hyljeksintä ja haluttomuus ymmärtää ja edes pyrkiä tuohon maailmaan on ymmärrettävää. Minäkään en siihen halua. Taide ei ole niin laajassa käytössä yhteiskunnassa kuin sen pitäisi olla. Taide ei ole arkipäivää.

Taiteen tekeminen lähiöissä, lasten ja nuorten kannustaminen taiteen tekemiseen on askel siihen suuntaan, mitä taiteen on tarkoitus olla ja tehdä. Itse olen kokenut taiteen tärkeimmäksi osaksi juuri tekemisen prosessin. Olen myös kaivannut taidetta, joka on osa arkkitehtuuria, en monumentteja ja suuria nimiä. Kun ja jos taideteos on ainoastaan ylellisyysesine mikään ei muutu. Noihin esineisiin suurimmalla osalla ei ole varaa. Siinä on yksi taiteen tehtävä, ylevöittää ne, joilla on taloudelliset resurssit itsensä ylevöittämiseen.

Rappi-o

Hienosti tiivistäen, määritellen sen, mitä on olla rappiolla henkisesti. Vähemmän hienosti rappiota on olla välinpitämätön siitä mitä maailmassa tapahtuu. Rappiota on haluttomuus vaikuttaa, pistää korttansa kekoon yhteiseksi hyväksi, olla sotkematta korrellansa sitä valmista soppaa, jonka moderni ihminen on luonut. Rappiota on vain yrittää tulla toimeen, luoda elantoa vain itselleen. Olla kuuntelematta ja vastaamatta soraääniin. Rappiota on olla muuttamatta tuhoavia toimintatapojaan, tapoja, joilla on selvä yhteys luonnon ja yhteisen saastumiseen, katoamiseen, ihmisoikeuksien polkemiseen. Rappio on rahanahneen maailman voitto.

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Marimekko made in China Haista Vittu.

Not adopting any method to be faster, not adjusting myself according to what is, but still I am.

drop something, pick it up
drop something, pick it up
drop something, pick it up

turn the lock, open the door
turn the lock, open the door
turn the lock, open the door

move the chair, sit on it
move the chair, sit on it
move the chair, sit on it

sit on a chair, straighten your back
sit on a chair, straighten your back
sit on a chair, straighten your back

do it backwards, open your mouth
do it backwards, think about your mouth
do it backwards, show me your tongue

 

Sounds as chanting this world, Christ is crisis. Chanting in crisis. Chanting an end.

Call it divine, call it repetition of the name, repetition of the sound, call it repetition of the act, the same movement, the same fear and hate in the call,
do not expect the same, expect the worst, do not expect the sane, expect lunacy, expect your narrowest nightmare corridor with mass of people in it with you unable to breathe, with them and their smells unwashed.
Call it hypothetical trust, blind hypothetical trust, insane hypothetical belief, expect the unseen, the unknown purity command, fury, need to make the idea of purity happen in black. See the flag, see the scarfs, see the eyes. Nothing will turn their heads around from this mission. Nothing. Crisis is in the not negotiable, in the smallest space, in the smallest breaths inhaled, in passing out with the rest.
ThreatExpect the crisis, threatExpect the hurt, threatExpect the ill, it will come, it will be a terrorist, call it a terrorist, call it an organizationTerrrrrrrrroriiiiiist, Terrrrrrrrrrrroriiiiist! It will be an explosion, a blast. Call it what you will, call it fear, terror, tyranny, call it many of who were hurt, many of those who are dead. Call it your blind heart, call it the answer of the kind heart.

It is not a comical POW. It is not a comical savage. It is the hidden savage of Christ, the one you deny, the one you do not want to acknowledge, because it is in you, in your religion. Smell of the divine captivated, taken, imprisoned. Moral imperative making monsters, sounds of this world, being a monster in an acceptable way, the same way as chanting righteousness, justice, superiority. Us and them, heaven and threat, Paradise of safety and Hell for the uncovered. Those who did what they had to do. Those who accomplish God’s plan to save what there is for us to be saved, next to nothing. Standing next to nothing, next to a plan of salvation drawn onto ground.

Green is the color of…

 

Light of Truth. What is really crazy.

People who are afraid to stand under it, because it reveals them as they are. Liars who defend themselves telling whatever lies they desire to look as they wish, wanting to be adored and favored in this strange light of theirs, invented, manipulated reality. This is the humankind, another thing is how to survive it. Does one have to become similar to liars and better at lying. Does one have to close one’s eyes and be silent even injustices happen all the time. In fear we tend to do that, in our pride. Afraid of being bullied and isolated, afraid of being seen how small we can be. Cowards act like that. They do not do what is right and just, they hold on tightly to what is theirs even it was a lie. Obedient comfort seekers do what is expected of them, they close their eyes, they pretend and lie hoping nothing bad will come upon them. (but Let’s hope together we will make this world a better place! yes hope…) Bullying society continues as it ever was, because most of us are unable to confront themselves and the bullshit they do. Sounds like corruption to me. People liking their nice comfort and buddies liking each other in a perfect bubble. Stupidest thing is that people enjoy this double standard. They like being two-faced. It keeps them safe.

People like to lie, tell lies and most of us like to believe in lies, because that is easy, it is part of the survival and making it. We listen to stories about people we do not know and believe them, condemn the people whom we do not know, we do it because we can and it makes us look ’better’ and condemnation justified.

One has to become good at mind games, knowing how people think, what can be said aloud and when move with the crowd. How to find truth in this kind of world is difficult, difficulty begins when one cannot stand the lies anymore, hypocrisy, pure sinister greed and stupidity. To find people who are trustworthy, truthful in their words and deeds, who do not do things to gain the most respected things money, friends and status. To find truth and stick with it can be unbearably hard, one can end up alone. There is truth in that position. Alone. My truth is not your truth. Your ways of doing are not those of mine. So what is my truth to you? What is a truth teller to you, the one who questions you, makes you feel guilty and uncomfortable?

It is important to all the time question first oneself, always yourself. Question the establishment, question the authorities, ask them why they do what they do and what kind of values do they hold most important in their work.

What is to be good as a human?

Golden Puffs, golden handshakes and groups of people that protect their members as the group is seen as exceptional and cannot be criticized nor that it could be entered.

That there are people who violently protect interests of theirs, power of theirs and image of theirs. To keep a state of things unchanged and yet try to change the world is a bizarre way to bang one’s head to a wall, liking blindness, contradictions ignored and denying hypocrisy of it all. To make it into a group that has power and gain a position within that group, have respect and admiration is the name of the game. If someone wants to rock that boat, that someone is belittled, isolated, mentally mugged, robbed and spat at.

There are many groups that have dynamics like this, that work and exist because of special gifts, because of special talents. They think of themselves that they are more exceptional and hugely talented as their talent is acknowledged within and by experts. Sales and wages telling how talented they are. They choose people from their group, their tribe to fill positions in order to make an atmosphere of nothing actually changes. They don’t like people who contradict them, people who do things differently and who like to change these corrupted ways that impact the whole society. They get easily provoked, because they are definitely certain of their exceptional and rare quality. They are afraid to lose position of theirs. Which fear makes one a predator. Someone who has something to lose.

Bullying society favors groups like this as it is itself an exclusive group. Isolation is an important tool in making inequality and special groups of buddies to prevail. What kind of social change happens in this kind of world is exactly what we see today. Kind speeches are not going to change that.

Unlucky mentally ill birthplace

It is about the shame of it. Shame of what you stand for and what you are. Denying, blame, abandonment, stupidity, chauvinism, brutal arrogance, violence, diminishing to nonexistence, hate and placing oneself above because one can. People who are afraid to face their minds, their deeds and the fact of being wrong, doing wrong repeatedly and finding justification for things done like nothing else could be done. There is nothing more sorry and pathetic than that. Inability to face the shit you have committed, crime you have done willingly like murder.

People who are afraid of their own illness and oh boy they are soaked with sickness. Why don’t you pour alcohol down your throat, because this is all about you. Drinking makes you the man, the strong, the accepted in a herd of fucking idiots. Laughing at those sad depressed who cry make you feel contempt for them, those others. Those other people who actually seek help are the brave and clever ones. They need every bit of encouragement they can get. To heal one’s mind is hard work and some people are ready to do that. People who want to get better change the world.

Sometimes all one can do is to cry. Crying with someone who actually cares. Emotional outbreaks are banned in macho world, seen as pathetic and weak. You are strong this way is the slogan and stereotype considered acceptable. Strong here is physical and sadistic. Wrong kind of shallow strong is the kind that puts people down, kills, takes away human worth. It is our social system that gives abusers and violators credit. Our system systematically encourages violent behavior, encourages bullies.

Football fields provide safe spaces for girls in an informal settlement in South Africa. –

Things only human can and will do. Flaws newly defined. I’m not just saying.

Give excuses to one’s bullshit behavior is intolerable. To question everything and all is fundamentally unforgiving. To forgive ends a seek and search for better. Especially unforgiving I am to myself. Things are never good enough. That means a kind of military attitude towards human relations and doing things I think matter. I am very protective over people I care about, very unapologetic what comes to ill-treatment and direct if there is something that needs to be said. Closest thing to honesty is what I seek to be, closest thing to perfection is what I aim at. That is possibly a result of nature of unforgivable I have grown into and I do not see why I should forgive when there is no reason to. Do better!

Even though it is good to be accepting of flaws and errors done thinking we are only human, still I cannot stand the phrase. It does not justify misogyny, hate, indifference, stupidity nor ignorance. Those who are only human are exclusive, suspicious, contempt-filled, arrogant and so on stand on lowest place where only human can. They like their flaws.

Therefore I think I am better off and better than that only human phrase, only human image of an all forgiving kind and an embodiment that likes to justify mistreatment and ill behavior because it cannot be battled nor changed. I truly hope there are more people who place their standards higher and see what is actually wrong.
”Our relationship has to be built on trust, but the U.S. government hasn’t given us many reasons to build up that trust,” the Times quoted Omar Saqr, 25, the cultural center’s youth coordinator, as saying.”