Last night, I was curled up with the boy, perusing the interwebs. I wanted him to see Pinky Show. I’ve been a big fan for years but hadn’t caught up in a while. One of the newest episodes was “We Love Museums… Do Museums Love Us Back?” Check it out. It’s an extreme anti-intellectual viewpoint but it’s always good to see things through different eyes. (This one about the legalities of the Iraq war is my absolute favorite.)
So, this got me thinking about style blogs, especially NotCot.org and the like. This particular site is comprised of contributions by people like you and me (and probably a lot of self promotion) but it’s curated by these fine folks and their employees:
Founders, Jean Aw and Daniel Frysinger, are user experience obsessives (her background being a masters in interaction/ux design and his a BA in HCI/CS and was working for one of the few internet giants).
Sites like this as well and other fashion blogs, home decor blogs, tech blogs, and even this blog are telling readers what to value. These sites are little museums of sorts, showcasing the coveted and especially the NEW – everyone covets the new. What makes any of this important? I guess we all make our own personal decisions as to what we think is important or not but I have a feeling that our decisions are being carefully guided and sometimes I’m left feeling shallow and empty by all of this nonsense…
My google reader has over 600 unread posts and at this moment, I just don’t want to look at any of it. I’m going to go clean out my aquarium in my 7th grade gym shirt. Sometimes you just need to step away for a bit.
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Holy crap. I remember seeing one of those Pinky show cartoons a whiiiiile back and LOVED it! Thank you for posting that. There’s one on education which is on-the-mark as well.
This museum one reminds me of how I felt now and then while at Art Basel. I felt like if I had an in, there were so many “I could make that” s that were priced so epically that I could be $10k richer in one weekend with just the things I already have made that are lying around. I’m sure you’ve seen this one but it’s a perfect reference to make alongside this museum manifesto.
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/t/product-packaging
Oh, le sigh, le sigh, this world, this life.
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OMG that HRO post killed me.
“When I grow up, I will only live in a city that has been listed on an Am Appy bag.” ahahahahah!
I loved looking at your Art Basel pics. I wanted to go so badly after reading so much about it but yeah, I can’t even imagine the frustation. I wonder who curates it. I haven’t been to G5 in so long… no clue what’s even goin on here but I felt the same way on multiple occasions there. I did see some really labor intensive and beautiful things but some things just didn’t make sense. Maybe if you just have the balls to stand behind whatever crap it is you throw together, people dare not question your artistic vision. Hell if I know. I loved how on the Pinky Show clip, Kim the cat shows that painting and goes, “don’t you think it’s ugly?” So great!
Pinky is the shit.
Mark everything as read and start fresh. Except for my blog, you should read that one closely of course.
I always do… and a good idea. I’m going through and catching up on the blogs I do truly care about and marking everything else as read. I can’t stand these blogs that have 30 posts a day!