Gene Youngblood's got a lot of lofty ideals and he spends a lot of talking about "what ought to be" but he doesn't ever really explain how he's working to get there. He doesn't really explain how we're suppose to get this unified conscience of metaphysics-- as far as I know, he hasn't changed the world drastically.
I'm tired of talking about art. I'm tired of talking about what "ought to be." I think when we just sit around and talk about concepts ALL THE TIME we are becoming a part of the system of creative enslavement. We are repeating ourselves and imitating one another, and I agree with Youngblood that art and life should be the same thing, but it's really hard when you need money, food, tuition, textbooks, and clothes. And there's bills, so many bills. Maybe Pippins and I just don't get it. Maybe Pippins and I need to take some mescaline?
I think if Youngblood had spent less time taking mescaline and philosophizing about a lofty future of metaphysical unity and paleocybernetic society, than he could have gained more recognition so that I would have heard about him before Mike Morris. Let's face it, he ain't no Walt Disney-- who was a terrible person-- but he marketed himself and worked hard, but he's one of the first people that comes to mind when thinking about America cinema and animation. Being a consumer whore makes you successful, and possibly rich and famous. Is that wrong, Gene Youngblood?
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