This video is very intriguing.
I think that the human fascination with tragedy is remarkable. People, myself included, have an odd pull to the horrific human tragedies that happen everyday. The news is completely polluted with dead children and school shootings.. and that's because it's what people want to see. It's horrifying.
The past week was really telling. The Olympic luger that lost his life... while the story is heartbreaking, is it not completely appalling that people wanted to watch the video? Isn't it disgusting that thousands of people posted it on YouTube? A man died. And people wanted to watch.
I understand the human fascination with morbidity and mortality.. I have it myself and my paintings tend to drift in that direction, but at what point are we becoming completely de-sensitized?
I hope for a day without news, at least the news that we've become accustomed to.
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