Sunday, September 11, 2011

Seth Price 9/11: New York Sadness

So I read about Seth Price in a class and then I googled his stuff. I actually really like NY Sorrow. Sometimes I think there can be something so pornographic about violence. And so much on the news is more about being titillated in the name of being informed. Blood and guts and explosions are not realism, unless you work in a meat processing plant or as a fireworks inspector. War is never as exciting as the news. When society is functioning relatively well and there is enough freedom and food, death itself is relatively boring. Grandma dies, everyone is sad, you look at photos of her life but there is relatively little blood and guts,maybe cake. And thats a good thing, it is a sign that things are ok in society. So in a way I like this tribute better than the crumbling buildings because if the towers still stood this footage would never make its way out of a personal video library, it is so mundane.

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