The good old world of romantic love imagery is a clear map. Everything is : Smiles, Pink color, Kisses, Flowers, Couples, Spring or Holidays and all kind of tender togetherness.
The good old world of Goth Subculture or Metal imagery is a clear map. Everything is : Mist, Skulls, Black color, Red Roses, Tatoos, Blood and Death.
You just have to move the lever from this to that. Hop.
Then, music, outfits, accessories, tatoos, it’s a whole moronic burtonian set of always-the-same I know what you’re doing…
I knowwww, sometime we just need to be… recognized.
If you need more subtilities, something less predictable, go away!
Why is predictability so repellent, to some persons?
Why “We’re different, let’s gather to… resemble”, to look alike peas in a pot, is so awful, for certain minds?
After all, Goths are said to be sensible persons!…
Tool & Dial : Predictability. What about ourselves? What about your product? How to find, in what you do (poetry, web, marketing, music, painting, photography?) the MAYA balance between being NOT predictable (because it’s boring) and being acceptable?
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