just some random thoughts i have about punk rock and art....

i'm talking about punk rock as a frame of mind and/or attitude... not necessarily the music known to be labeled as 'punk rock.' besides, labeling is about the unpunkest fucking thing you can do to anything ever... duh.

kurt cobain was quoted as saying:

"punk rock is freedom."

i'm sure he didn't coin that phrase and probably heard it somewhere else... and that's cool.. that's how nifty little phrases like this should get around... you don't necessarily learn it in a book. punk rock's on the streets, in the outside world... so you gotta make your way out there to learn about it.

but i'm straying off center here....

i tend to agree with the notion that punk rock is freedom. you can do whatever you want as long as it makes you feel good. punk rock or punk mentality is one of those things that differs from person to person. i consider myself a pretty punk rock dude... but if you saw me, or even worse, if you're "more punk" than i am, you'd probably disagree on first sight.

and that's cool... i don't wanna mix with that kinda company. so judge away, call me unpunk, and keep on keeping on with that.

but my idea of punk rock or punk mentality is all about doing what makes you feel good... being impulsive and bursting into whatever it is you wanna get into. i think this sorta explains most of my blog posts. they're mostly short, sloppy, and to the point. and that's what punk rock should be to me.

why does it have to be sloppy? cuz you shouldn't have to clean it up and make it look neat. that's when it becomes work. that's when it stops being fun. if you just happen to make something and it comes out neat naturally, than more power to you. but if you wanna hear the true beauty of any ramones song, i suggest you find the live version.

i think most forms of art are bogged down by scenes and scenesters. art creates culture which by itself is a beautiful thing. but it also creates assholes who wanna tell everyone else how to create whatever specific art we're talking about here.

and as any culture grows, so grows the population that judges it and says what's awesome and what sucks.

and the beautiful thing about a punk rock mentality is that you can say, 'fuck off!' to all of it.

that's right! with the proper punk rock mentality you can own whatever it is you create. create it however you see fit to create it. do it because it's fun or because it's your passion or because it keeps you awake till you finish... whatever makes you do what you do, the end result is all about you. you created something new and fresh because you wanted to or you needed to. and not a single person alive or dead can tell you what you've done wrong because you didn't do anything wrong in the first place.

there's a whole lot of bullshit in the world. we don't need to let it seep into our art. show your art off to whoever you want and the moment anyone has something negative to say, give them the finger and walk away, cuz fuck them. fuck anyone who tells you what you're doing is wrong or stupid or not beautiful. those are the worst people in the world and they deserve to be put in their place with your punk rock attitude.

cuz punk rock is freedom. and you're free to create whatever you want, however you want, whenever you want, for whatever reason or no reason at all. this may be the most absolutely beautiful concept in the whole damn world. fuck anyone who would ever wanna try and ruin that for you.