Graffitist or drone?
Why do we/they seek to drive the creative youth out of our society. To turn them into drones who do what they are told, such as those who express themselves with such art forms like graffiti.
There have been many creative artists over the years and most often the social engineers of a society have tried to squash them back to the norm. Fortunately some resist being pushed into the square and we as a society can benefit greatly. Here is one – Sir Mick Jagger. He has been given and accepted a knighthood in the UK. He is now a pillar of society.
But he was a “graffiti artist� in his time. He broke the rules and the social engineers stamped on him hard.
In 1967 he was arrested and charged with possession of amphetamines and heroin. He was found guilty and imprisoned. He certainly broke the rules just like the graffiti artist.
Sir Mick Jagger, Knight of the British Empire.
(Wait a minute! The social engineers tell us that if you take amphetamines you go crazy. Well Mick Jagger and his co-accused Keith Richards didn’t go crazy. Maybe the social engineers are treating us like we are dumb arses. Not telling us the whole truth about such things as drugs and expecting us to just accept it like sheep.)
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But he also broke other rules. He “drew pictures on the wallsâ€? by writing such songs as – (I can’t get no) Satisfaction:
I can’t get no satisfaction,
I can’t get no girl with action.
’cause I try and I try and I try and I try.
I can’t get no, I can’t get no.
When I’m ridin’ round the world
And I’m doin’ this and I’m signing that
And I’m tryin’ to make some girl
Who tells me baby better come back later next week
’cause you see I’m on losing streak.
I can’t get no, oh no no no.
Hey hey hey, that’s what I say.
I can’t get no, I can’t get no,
I can’t get no satisfaction,
No satisfaction, no satisfaction, no satisfaction
Sir Mick in action. I think that says “Destroy” on his T-shirt. That’s a nice sociable thing to project to the impressionable fans.
How did the social engineers react -
The song’s lyrics were extremely controversial in their day; Jagger stated that “the lyrics to this were truly threatening to an older audience. This song was perceived as an attack on the status quo”. The part where Jagger addressed his romantic troubles was also perceived to be overtly sexual suggestive; when the Rolling Stones performed the song on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1966, the line “trying to make some girl” was censored.
And now
Well he has been knighted and the social engineers are now crowing about how their society developed this person and he is the front man of one of the most famous rock & roll bands of all time. Even though they were the ones that tried to extinguish him in the first place!!
(However it should be noted that in true graffitist style, his fellow band member Keith Richards stated of Sir Mick’s knighthood – “I thought it was ludicrous to take one of those gongs from the establishment…it’s not what the Stones is about, is it? I don’t want to step out on stage with someone wearing a fucking coronet and sporting the old ermine. I told Mick, ‘It’s a fucking paltry honour.’)
Graffitists
It seems possible, perhaps even probable that some graffitist now will develop into a very fine artist at a later time. But the social engineers will try their hardest to stop him being creative now and make him into a drone. Then in 10 years when he is receiving accolades for his fine artistry the social engineers will again be there standing next to him taking the kudos for having a society that can produce such fine artisans.
Two examples
In the final analysis one needs to make a choice at least to some degree between creativity and conformity or between graffitist or drone. A good friend of mine (Yoshita Moronaga) an organisational psychologist in Japan writes:
“The structure of Japanese society in itself places a lot of pressure on the individual. It is a sad fact that Japanese society tends to stifle creativity. We even have an expression for this – ‘The nail that stands up will be hammered down’. As one example, Japan has won only four Nobel prizes in science while American researchers have won 158.â€? (As of 1990)
Singapore is in the same situation to some degree. In that society there is very little graffiti and they openly acknowledge that their society lacks creativity.