"Go to work, send your kids to school... blah, blah, blah", we follow this same mantra everyday, yet when we see it written down that is when we stop and look and actually listen.
What I really like about this image is how it encapsulates all the themes we have been discussing;
'Go to work' and 'watch T.V', dealing with the idea of work/leisure, the fact that both seem to be an order we have to follow really resonates with rhetoric of whether we actually 'enjoy' our free leisure time, or is it still just contributing to the capitalist system of work.
The one that really strikes a chord personally however, is the command to 'act normal'. What does that even mean? The idea that we are told to act normal suggests that we must be repressing some urge to act abnormal.
I think we should challenge this urge to act abnormal, like the surrealist movement, and reverse the mantra that seems to control the everyday. It would be interesting to create an act in which we can truly say 'we are free' without it being a preconceived notion. I would love to explore an activity that is free from the constraints and commands of society and be able to enact something we truly do enjoy and can actually declare to be 'free'.
People should not have to be told that they are free. It is an individual task, free from external control. Therefore, I think we need to try and break away from any systems and training that control the individual to create a space in which they are truly free to do as they please, whether it be something or the craziest thing they imagine.
Who knows, someone just might hate walking on pavements.
Well done for starting this off Miles! Come on guys - the other groups have loads of material up on their blogs already. Get some of your google research and your musical talents and your group conversations up here!
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