Art and its Natural Perversion
Art is always a perverted form of purer expressions in philosophy and academia in general. What’s said in a movie or story may be said in a sentence, have it contextualized, and analyzed rigurously.
Art, in the end, is a perversion of reality and the divine. To be inundated with it ruins divinity.
However, art serves a function that can be beneficial to us. What may be said in a sentence can not be convinced or aesthetically pleasing. The truest sentence can be said, and if the person is not predisposed already to it, it won’t interest them.
Films & Documentaries
| **HUMAN | Documentary | 2015** |
A movie that attempts to document the diversity of human experience across a variety of topics through interviews. It can be watched free on youtube here. To
| **Koyaanisqatsi | Film | 1982** |
Shows the idea of the social organism in its most clarified form. Reminds you of your place, and both the tragedy and beauty of our chaotic civilization.
Music
Music is one of my favourite art forms. I used to make a lot of bad music, and I listen to a lot of good music.
However, because art and entertainment are shallow perversions of reality according to Monad, music has to be reviewed like the rest.
While music in its wrong form is incredibly distracting and almost mind-controlling in how its able to thwart someone’s thoughts, unlike visual and written entertainment, music is probably the most efficient functional art in terms of emotion. Its ability to modify and communicate emotions is unparalleled, and visual mediums rely on it heavily to establish mood and tone.
Monad allows function, and so it requires a certain type of music then, music that returns one to the divine.
This list is just that. It’s music that is Monic in nature and is condoned listening, feel free to send me personal suggestions. These are also objectively the best songs ever to exist.
Caterina Barbieri
Fennesz