in its range, the book is truly democratic, imagining all the possibilities for experiencing and creating art in so many ways.
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it is sectioned into 9 "chapters" or so that instruct you on how to create an art piece in a particular genre: music/painting/poetry/event//object/dance/film/etc. almost a declaration of artistic independence. What an unorthodox and brilliant book-cross-genre in the truest sense-and so liberating. Then stop caring and read something else. Then feel bad for feeling elitist and snobby. Have pride in the fact that you only want to be published when your writing deserves it.
Have pride in the fact you don’t want to ever be published by fact of your being an anti-celebrity or the spouse of a celebrity. Briefly fantasize that because it has your notes and drawings in it that it will one day be valuable because you will one day be a published writer-but published because of merit rather than reputation. Pull it out when your friends are over and you are all drunk. Let it collect dust (the ultimate violence to books). Then stop thinking because you’ve wasted enough time thinking about this already and you’ve got more important things to do.ĭon’t do Yoko the pleasure of burning this book like she requests.
Think you’re just cranky and too serious. Stop trying because you hate it and you will always hate it. Try to like it because you respect your professor and her reading list and she’s obviously assigning this for a reason. Don’t care about not being perceived as cool or smart because you absolutely abhor this book. Think about hipsters who pretend to like things they don’t actually like because it makes them look cool or smart. Think about how people automatically believe when something is strange and/or they don’t understand it, that it is by default genius. Be surprised, but not surprised to see it has an average rating of 4+ stars. Then start again because maybe you’ll get it this time. Take that thought back and stop reading again. Decide you believe in fate and that things worked out for the best. Wonder about how things might have been different. Don’t care to figure it out because you can’t translate crazy.įeel bad for John Lennon. Think about the fact that each page probably means something. Then remember you’re not insane.īriefly think about how these instructions aren’t meant to be taken literally, how it’s an expression, a form of art.
Then continue reading anyways because it’s assigned. But refuse to continue reading for that reason. Talk about how Yoko broke up the Beatles and killed John Lennon. Read out loud with a coworker at your place of business. Use no less than three different colored pens to do this. Logically prove them false, nonsensical, or even harmful. In most of the notes, draw from your knowledge of physics, astronomy, psychology, sociology, and rationality to deconstruct the instructions. Laugh with a coworker about the word whimsical. See the word “whimsical” on the back cover. Don’t care you spent too much money because you think this book will make you a better person.
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