April 20, 2006
You're Under the Influence of Others, and That's Not Cool
DCist wanted to make sure that everyone, especially teachers, knew about today: 4/20. As you know, 420 is teenagers' ubiquitous reference to surrealism. You should know that some kids today will be emboldened to come to school in shapes representing themselves, or will want to "engage the subconscious" with others. Be on the lookout for the following troubling behavior:
• Use of child-like forms for serious subjects;
• Redistribution of an object's features to suggest its form without portraying it directly;
• Corporeal discontinuity;
• Disheveled dress or broken lines;
• A giddiness or silliness that borders on the absurd;
• That sweet, yet pungent, smell that accompanies melting clocks;
• Overemphasis of the philosophical and stylistic schism with Dada;
• The need to make visits to alternate dimensions; or
• "The Munchies."
We just want you to be informed. If you notice any behaviors of this type, remind students of Picasso's blue period and Dalí's ridiculous moustache. Surrealism is a gateway art, so we should all work to nip this in the bud as soon as possible.
P.S.: Happy Birthday, Joan Miró. Hat tip to area high school administrators.
Photo of Miró's Lunar Bird from the Hirshorn sculpture garden.
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Hat tip to Adam for a brilliant post.
Check out Wikipedia. Some interesting people share this birthday as well: Adolph Hitler, Carmen Electra, Goerge Takei... There is even one with local ties: Steve Spurrier.
Dude... totally.
It's also National High Five Day.
http://www.nationalhighfiveday.com/
Surrealism? Is that its street name these days?
No love for National High Five Day on 4/20?
You high fiving geniuses might want to scroll down a few posts to today's Morning Roundup, subtitled: "National High Five Day Edition."
Thanks, Nate. I totally missed that.
High five!
Coincidence that Scott quit the day before 4/20? Hmmmm...
Surrealism probably costs you more than the regular stuff.
hat tip to albert hoffman for making it all possible. oh, and to his wonderful weird bicycle ride! imagine the colors... hunter s. thompson put it in words soooooo perfectly....
nate, given the topic of this post, can you blame us?
Doesn't that picture remind you of that cartoon charactar for that company in Dogma?