Midlife Crisis Man has many new Feelz: does not know what to do with them.
Who Will Teach Us How to Feel?As Republican mobs roam the countryside, putting the torch to one democratic institution after another and dancing -- naked and giddy -- in the firelight, what better time for Mr. David Brooks of The New York Times to knock together some last-minute-before-the-deadline book report on Why Art Used To Be Awesome But Now Kinda Sucks?
When art shrinks to the size of politics.
By David Brooks
Opinion Columnist
July 22, 2019
This is a "packing peanut" column: 800 words of filler assembled to meet Mr. Brooks' contractual obligation to the NYT. Not worth a minute of your time, except to note that even in a David Brooks packing peanut column, you'll almost always find the razor in Magritte's apple so-to speak. Those few lines usually located somewhere near the middle of the column where Mr. Brooks' biases and political agenda lie waiting for you in the tall grass.
Among these 25 pieces, 20 are impersonal and only five allow you to see what life is like for another human being, including works by Nan Goldin and Judy Chicago. Only a few explore relationships and emotional connection. There almost seems to be a taboo now against capturing states like joy, temptation, gratitude, exaltation, betrayal, forgiveness and longing.Translation: This art did not speak to me -- an extraordinarily privileged, thoroughly insulated, emotionally-stunted, middle-aged white man -- in my native language, therefor I felt nothing. Ergo Art Fail!
Honestly, I felt bad for Mr. Brooks, who, unlike me, did not marry into a family of artists and apparently has no one close at hand to talk to --
-- about how all that scary, post-Mad Men-era art works.
So just for him, I have curated a much simpler entree into the world of Feelings, precisely calibrated to Mr. Brooks' emotional bandwidth.
3...2...1...
Meanwhile, over on Luminary Premium, David Axelrod would like to charge me $7.99 to listen to David Brooks read aloud from his disgraceful July 18, 2019 column.
Thanks but no thanks, "Axe". I've already done my bit for king and country.
David Brooks And The Amazing Disappearing Republican Party: Part 1,000However purely for its cheap entertainment value, you might enjoy visiting Mr. Axelrod's tweet promoting this podcast. The ratio is about 50% Liberals like you and me who are stunned that David Brooks still gets away with pretending that his Republican party is only now morphing into the Party of Jefferson Davis --
Understanding and explaining the state of play in American politics -- especially inside his Republican Party -- is literally David Brooks' ONLY job and is has take him (checks notes) 40 years to begin to figure this out.— driftglass (@Mr_Electrico) July 23, 2019
Wow.
How do I get THAT job?https://t.co/3OCE9WInG6
-- and about 50% wingnut bots and True Believers who swear that David Brooks is a Libtard fifth columnist.
Feelings.
Whoa, whoa, whoa feeeeelings...
Behold, a Tip Jar!
4 comments:
How about some helpful advice for DFB. To give direction out of his crisis. To give back for all the great advice he has unselfishly sacrificed so dearly in providing us with his directions.
Taking it from the top, SAB Gorka's announcement that the , "alpha Males are back".
One of those Alpha males being the David Gregory with his corporate welfare for inheritance baby. Whose parents bribed their D student into elite colleges to get a piece of paper. Like a degree. Without the knowledge. So they can fend for themselves some day.
Just not today, yet.
He is back and on the CNN. After huge demand. No I do not think he is starting oas an intern, nor paid the minimum wage.
If DFB was to join up with the David Gregory new ideas and advice he had for Democrats who are , you know, stupid and detached unlike Paul Ryan or Newt.
Gregory's advice to Dems in his CNN debut. "Democrats need to understand that the brainwashed GOP masses feel that in exchange for a tax cut for the wealthy and corporation (including George Soros and the liberal MSNBC).
The Trump/ GOP trade off.
"Lynching of dark skinned people is a good trade off for cutting taxes for the rich. The non wealthy get to lynch colored people and the Rich get tax cuts and promise again that it will trickle down this time".
So if DFB would put Gregory's insight into his word grinder. He might find the resouce to inspire him again.
It is the least I can do for all the great advice we all have been subjected to by Brooks his entire unselfish past.
Like one of those video CD's you can buy to teach you how to become a day trader on Wall Street overnight and become the Billionaire the CD sellers could not do with their advice they sell.
Besides, once Gregory settles in, he is sure to have Brooks on to lift his spirits. I mean to provide his insight.
oh, I and my size 10 and a half hiking boot would be quite willing to deliver art he could feel.
I would title it "A Well Deserved Swift Boot" . It'd probably earn a place of honor in the Guggenheim.
You would think DFB would be deep into liquid spirit elating over the Trump pivoting into becoming president.
DFB should find solace in all of us being subjected to enduring Trump;s Feelings of expression that begins with his on Art reflecting society DFB circles in. With the "Art of the Deal".
OK, who the hell is Brooks to label art as impersonal? This is, like, the dummy's view of the modern art scene.
So let me tell you I have only one solace in my life now. It's that Brooks will never be allowed to play inside the realms he so eagerly wants to. He's a mediocre student of politics. He's a mediocre student of philosophy. Now he proves himself a mediocre student of art.
Who knows what savagery would be revealed if he were allow to comment on a modern master like Mark Rothko?
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