Cliche Fashion

[soulcolor]

People wish to be so different.
Being a critic of the norm.
Going somewhere no one knows of and keeping that secret to oneself.
All for oneself.
Deciding to eat at a diner with 'class' and forgetting the places like
McDonalds that once treated us nicely.
Falling behind in class and proudly stating that 'it's for my purpose.'
Purposely disliking things

Comments

[minhthegenius]

This is very profound.

[quolloquial]

The real question the passage seems to be asking is,

What is wrong with mediocrity?There is nothing wrong with it. Happiness is in simple things. But anything that makes a simple moment more complex than it is, allows us to derive more from it as an experience. I'm not trying to justify cultural elitism or pretentious connoisseurs. I'm just saying: When you go to a gallery, you appreciate a work of art more when you understand its complexities -- its context, the artist, the message (or lack thereof). Sure, there is a simple image that can be taken at face-value, but it is far less interesting or enriching when you don't think beyond its face

[hunnycake]

i don't think he's saying that we should look towards mainstream things and abandon diversity. he's addressing those who focus solely on what is considered offbeat without really considering or appreciating mainstream. rather than the mindless following of the crowd, it is the mindless deviation for the sake of being different (or for the sake of looking down on the norm for no good reason).

i feel like you cannot necessarily get more out of things that are complex. more intelligence? more emotions? more experiences? maybe we're just completely opposite people, hehe. everything i feel, know, and remember derive from small, simple things that evolve inside me. with "complex" poetry, full of all sorts of figurative language... they usually don't tap into my emotions or last long in my thoughts. it's the simple poems. i somehow find something in them, away from all the analyzing, that allows them to last in my mind. sometimes they're just overlooked? (or maybe i'm just a really really simple-minded girl, heh

[quolloquial]

Oh, I see what you mean. I interpreted it as him condemning everything different because he believed everyone who liked offbeat things merely liked them for the sake of being offbeat; I didn't recognize he was speaking to a particular crowd of people who did so. Although, I think it should probably be up to Edmund to decide what his position was, exactly

[soulcolor]

"What is wrong with mediocrity