Anons question this symbol symbol posted by Dorsey and link it to Pegasus 1987 - a drawing by Jean-Michel Basquiat. I am an uncultured fren. so I looked up the drawing by title and I found some interdasting things about how it is viewed, specifically the following:
It also felt like standing face-to-face with sadness and death. Basquiat made Pegasus during the last period of his life, when his use of heroin was increasing and he was devastated by the recent death of Andy Warhol. He was also isolating himself and feeling like he had no one he could talk to. And then there is the work itself. The black acrylic paint emerges like impending doom from the top right and the writing and symbols feel obsessive.
Below are some of the words most often used in this work; many of them could be seen to reflect his emotions at the time: PEGASUS (In Greek mythology, Pegasus is the winged horse birthed from the blood of Medusa when Perseus beheaded her. It’s become a symbol of fame and wisdom and is characteristically seen among the Muses. Also, in one of Basquiat’s collaborative paintings with Andy Warhol, Warhol painted the image of Pegasus, which was then the Mobil logo.)
PEGASUS
BROKEN WING
HEART AS ARENA
UNIT SHIFT
EROICA (Beethoven’s Third Symphony)
NOTHING TO BE GAINED HERE
SCHWARZ (German for black. It appears 47 times in this work.)
We know Twitter Jack has been dropping comms and never really received an explanation on his “Day Zero” twat
Great post. All this was off my radar and I took a dive into it thanks to you, fren.