i’m really just disappointed. #timotheechalamet #art #opera #ballet #trending

[0:00]I think the Timothee Chalamet discourse goes a little bit deeper than we realize. I wasn't going to say anything because, you know, really what more could be said, but then I had a couple of people reach out to me asking for my opinion. And I did a little bit more thinking about it and I think there's something that we're all neglecting here. We are entering into an era of this almost post-anti-intellectualism. And I think what Timothee Chalamet said is kind of a microcosm of what that is. I don't want to be working in ballet or opera or, you know, things where it's like, hey, keep this thing alive even though it's like no one cares about this anymore. Because on the surface, yeah, it's a really uncultured American straight white guy take to be like, I don't really care about opera and ballet. But on the other hand, I have seen a massive uptick of actual intellectual people going, I don't really care about the arts anymore because what's the point? The world is burning, people are dying, why do I want to concern myself with art? And I truly think that that's a tool of the state because art is culture. Art inspires change, art is political. That's what I'm continuously trying to prove through the work I'm doing. And I think in some way, lessening your interest or consumption of art is in some way diluting your resistance. Apathy is where they want you to live. They want you to not care about things, they want things to be numb to you. Art inspires emotion that inspires action. And we see this increasing idea of eye rolling whenever high art is brought up, but in a world where these false simulacrums of culture and art are being propped up in front of us more and more, will we need this high art in order to find culture, to find emotion, to find resistance? Because it is either that or keep being spoon fed what is given to you by these high-up CEOs. That is why it has to be kept alive, not because it is boring or because people don't care about it, but because people are actively trying to destroy it. And I could talk about the inaccessibility of high art, how high art in and of itself is more often than not absolutely not as high brow as we think it is, but that's a topic for a different day. My main point with this video, as is the case with so many other videos, is, do not let yourself become cold and pathetic. Do not let the harsh realities of the world turn you cynical, because with this apathy comes in action.