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Just stumbled on "Yoko Ono" 's twitter account and am reminded of when I was younger not being able to see the awesomeness of much of the "art" I was shown in school; https://x.com/yokoono/status/1745490847389335696
Looking back now I realize there never was anything amazing about it...it's shit 😂 astroturf'd into the zeitgiest. Pure shit! Might as well tape a banana to the wall. Look at her other "art" on her account
https://x.com/yokoono/status/1747302826953347131
https://x.com/yokoono/status/1746940417856188556
https://x.com/yokoono/status/1746578006120759368
https://x.com/yokoono/status/1746215568414318841
https://x.com/yokoono/status/1745853237629005872
Sky piece is giving me Marina Abramovich vibes.
Needed a nice diversion, thanks.
All in all, quaint. I've seen worse. But... Yeah.
The cloud piece: that "to" sticks out like a sore thumb for a haiku. But without it, the third line becomes, IMO, too harsh and the entire piece fails. Just not quite there, as far as "haiku" goes.
I quite like the Touch Piece for people. "Touch eachother". That's actually kind of transcendant. Pity it suffers from the self important title, then the need to date it. Really egoistic. She was probably trying to make the title and the date crunched into the poem to highlight the "touching" aspect... But, yeah, I don't know.
The mustache piece is kind of clever, as is the hammer and nail one. Though why the hammer is bronzed, I don't know. Ego again?
Didn't watch the video, and the "wrapping musicians in gauze while they play" is, again, sort of clever.
I don't know much about her aside from the fact people think she ruined John Lennon. To me, if I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt, these read like art projects from someone who's not necessarily extremely talented, but is compelled to try to create art and has a decently interesting perspective. That's something I can really relate to, so lol, it's OK by me - it's not a bad way to live if you're humble about it...
Anyway, that was a fun coffee break. I can see why someone would shit all over this though. 😃
You are very generous! Lol