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Look: In real life, when an actor fills his car with fuel, he drives into the petrol
station, fills up, walks over, pays, engages in simple small talk, and leaves; just like everybody else who fills up.
In a screen role though, a nerdy geek of a writer has been drafting and redrafting this petrol station scene all afternoon.
Others have then sat round a table and made improvements to the scenario; made the hero's dialogue even wittier, cooler; added
more stylish ways of getting out of the car, of glancing around, of flicking the props about etc etc. This has all then
been professionally staged, lit and photographed in a carefully chosen location; and then an experienced actor has memorized
all the dialogue of all the players in advance, rehearsed it over and over, and then in his carefully selected costume, he's
been expertly directed through every move. This has then been skilfully edited and put to music! But this actor
is more boring than boredom itself. In real life, except for the total genius, everyone is boring. Pop, fashion,
art - it's all rubbish! Unless he does these things. (By the way, artists invented modern art because of fear
of photography. And you fell for it! The human brain thinks in images, not abstract shapes. Any thought
you have; any idea, any memory, all will be thought in mental images. You think of your childhood. In images.
You think of a loved one. In images. You think of what to have for dinner. In images. Every thought
you'll ever have - image after image. What does an abstract shape mean to a human being? NOTHING! It's valueless.
And dishonest. In society certain people are always drawn toward deception; they become modern artists. Everyone
else is too honest. Tell every member of the public that they can give up their jobs to be modern artists, and you'll
have millions of works - all as good as the professionals' - and all rubbish! And yes, we all marvel at technology and
industrial processes and materials, but why bring it all into an art gallery? It's meaningless. Anyone can spend
time and money creating these displays.)
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