The biggest, most influential
foreseeable event of 2012 is probably going to be the election. It’s impossible
to tell what will happen but here’s my guess. Whether President Obama stays in
office, Newt or Mitt get sworn in, or maybe even Ron Paul does well this time
we can only look forward to whatever the jobs market and economy are up to.
Should we gain jobs
and stability we’ll see an age of prosperity much like after WW1 in the 20’s or
in Reagan’s 80’s. But no matter what I can definitely say that we have enjoyed
our own aesthetic movement, as evident in the hipster lifestyle.
The Aesthetic
movement of the 1880’s-90’s believed in art for art’s sake, retrospection, and
strange fashions that threatened the status quo… sound familiar?
They sometimes lived
beyond their means in order to slum comfortably, opting for outrageous fashions
and dubious company. They were inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite artists who
upheld the beauty of women from times past and encouraged dress reform.
john william waterhouse, lady of shallot
john william waterhouse, ophelia
They closely followed
the writings of Oscar Wilde.
Look what I found!
A favorite quote of
mine from a satirical magazine of the time can be paraphrased in modern English
as, “I don’t think I’m quite living up to my china.” Which is to say my house
is in a better state than I am.
Just the same way,
the hipster crowd has cropped up in the last four years to flourish in all
their decadence and false poverty. I can see them continuing to live in the
times to come in glamorously dirty ways.
sweet beard kid
Or maybe not dirty.
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