Saturday, April 14, 2012

ideological artifact

Deconstructionist:  in this video DARWIN DEEZ helps us look at the world in a deconstructionist view, not only is the video extremely random and mind bending, it has no definite meaning, in the same way that viewing the world through a deconstructionist view forces one to not look at the world with any views or knowlege, in this video everything standard is questioned with no real answers! 
 Personally i listened to the song long before i ever saw the music video one of my favorite quotes is "count the freckles on my arm, if freckles don't mean anything does anything mean anything?" while i was reading the deconstructionist view bit in the book i thought about darwin deez. the lyrics are posted underneath, what do you think as you watch the video or read the lyrics?? Is your first thought "weird" or "crazy"? Now ask yourself for me to understand a message from this video what of my beliefs has to be put on hold for a bit? Order? gravity? a belief that mustache's  are unattractive? whatever the belief is see if you can forget it for a second and look through Darwin Deez's eyes, what do you see? How different would your view of the world be? interestingly enough there is no right answer!


Twinkle, twinkle little star, how i wonder 

what you are

there's a million little lights when the sky 

turns black tonight

are there patterns in our skies, are patterns 

only in our eyes?


or is a constellation just a constellation?

is a constellation just a consolation?


wrinkle, wrinkle little scar, count the 

freckles on my arm

if freckles don't mean anything, does anything 

mean anything?

or is a constellation just a constellation?

is a constellation just a consolation?

we are twinkling stars resurrected

just
 
like twinkling stars we seem connected but i 

know that

a constellation is just a constellation

constellation is just a consolation

More lyrics: http://www.lyricsmania.com/constellations_lyrics_darwin_deez.html
All about Darwin Deez: http://www.musictory.com/music/Darwin+Deez

1 comment:

  1. I like the post Ean. Deconstructing is exhilarating if one grasps opportunities to do so; I cannot count the times it has been life changing for me. Deconstructing involves removing our own lenses to peer through another's. This skill also, undoubtedly, improves one's ability to truly listen. Well done, I couldn't agree more!

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