Comments on: The Sane and the Insane http://anilcherukupalli.com/blog/2005/11/13/the-sane-and-the-insane/ A little bit of everything Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:21:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anil http://anilcherukupalli.com/blog/2005/11/13/the-sane-and-the-insane/comment-page-1/#comment-182268 Anil Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:31:15 +0000 http://arthedains.com/psychedelia/?p=26#comment-182268 I should have clarified. I was not talking about the origins of modernism but more about the current state of modernism. Indeed, it is ironic that modernism has ended up becoming the very thing it rose against in the beginning. I should have clarified. I was not talking about the origins of modernism but more about the current state of modernism. Indeed, it is ironic that modernism has ended up becoming the very thing it rose against in the beginning.

]]> By: tushar http://anilcherukupalli.com/blog/2005/11/13/the-sane-and-the-insane/comment-page-1/#comment-182267 tushar Wed, 16 Nov 2005 02:39:27 +0000 http://arthedains.com/psychedelia/?p=26#comment-182267 Thanks. Yeah...that bus ride was amazing. And I was enjoying it fully. I wish people were more open about their feelings instead of conforming to the set norms laid down by...? God knows who. About modernism being rigid and set, not quite. Modernism began as movement across a wide spectrum of arts as a revolt against 'traditional' forms of art, literature, social organization and daily life had become outdated, and that it was therefore essential to sweep them aside and reinvent culture. The movement started in the late 19th and early 20th century. In painting, impressionism, cubism and surrealism; literature: James Joyce and virginia wolff; architecture: corbusier, louis kahn, frank lloyd wright; Music: stravinsky So the modernist movement itself is a revolt againt rigidity and conformity. Its a different matter that modernism became the new status-quo which then post modernism criticised. Thanks. Yeah…that bus ride was amazing. And I was enjoying it fully. I wish people were more open about their feelings instead of conforming to the set norms laid down by…? God knows who.

About modernism being rigid and set, not quite. Modernism began as movement across a wide spectrum of arts as a revolt against ‘traditional’ forms of art, literature, social organization and daily life had become outdated, and that it was therefore essential to sweep them aside and reinvent culture. The movement started in the late 19th and early 20th century. In painting, impressionism, cubism and surrealism; literature: James Joyce and virginia wolff; architecture: corbusier, louis kahn, frank lloyd wright; Music: stravinsky

So the modernist movement itself is a revolt againt rigidity and conformity. Its a different matter that modernism became the new status-quo which then post modernism criticised.

]]> By: Anil http://anilcherukupalli.com/blog/2005/11/13/the-sane-and-the-insane/comment-page-1/#comment-182266 Anil Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:52:02 +0000 http://arthedains.com/psychedelia/?p=26#comment-182266 Brilliant and chilling at the same time! In one breath you have questioned the very basis of our modern society...who is sane in the end? Who or what set of parameters decide the degree of saneness? Is singing at the top of your voice in a public place insanity at worst or foolishness at best? Is a politician sane if he orders the police to shoot rampaging protestors? If I have understood it correctly this is exactly what post-modernists question and criticize in modernism, the rigidity and conformity to set of arbitrarily determined (and imposed) social mores, no? Lovely write up. I loved the way you evoked the whole scene with your words. It felt liek I was there as an invisible observer. You really should write more often! It will sharpen the bite of that pen of yours! Brilliant and chilling at the same time! In one breath you have questioned the very basis of our modern society…who is sane in the end? Who or what set of parameters decide the degree of saneness? Is singing at the top of your voice in a public place insanity at worst or foolishness at best? Is a politician sane if he orders the police to shoot rampaging protestors? If I have understood it correctly this is exactly what post-modernists question and criticize in modernism, the rigidity and conformity to set of arbitrarily determined (and imposed) social mores, no?

Lovely write up. I loved the way you evoked the whole scene with your words. It felt liek I was there as an invisible observer. You really should write more often! It will sharpen the bite of that pen of yours!

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