“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
- from On the Road by Jack Keroac
Now, On the Road is not everyone’s favorite. Alex thinks that after a while, the book seems to drag on. But Keroac new how to create beautiful imagery every once in the a while, the above being the perfect example.
And the while the passage is beautiful and well crafted, it speaks to us, at least the idea it purports. (And everyone else who quotes this passage.) It speaks of a community of artists who never settle, who never slow down– who are always creating, always doing. As writers, actors, artists, film makers and more– that the community we want to be a part of.
This is all well and good, but what does this mean for the blog? Well, the aim of this blog is to examine how this community interacts with each other, how art interacts with people. Where politics, social issues and people meet up with pop culture, art and advertising– the ones who are mad to live will be there because that is what we do.
