Well, I suppose we should dispense with the superficialities first; I am a twenty-four year old masters student studying philosophy at the LSE. More interestingly perhaps, I am an individual driven to the consumption of excessive quantities of alcohol, who believes vehemently in William Blake’s assertion that the “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdomâ€. In addition, as by now you will have no doubt realised, I have a general distaste for socially perceived norms, a general lack of respect for authority (particularly those authority figures that seem to serve no purpose other than to stop you having fun,) and a passion for hell-raising.
Wassily Kandinsky
Circles on Black
1921; Oil on canvas, 1365 x 1200 mm
In Circles on Black (1921), Kandinsky begins to place a much bolder emphasis on geometry. The title emphasises the circles, which were to become an increasingly important motif in Kandinsky’s art; but there is also a strong white triangle in the top right corner. Kandinsky never ceased to explore the power of colours, and the effect of different colour combinations; in this painting the colours are muted, while bold contrasts are created between the black and white in the background. The interaction between different elements also creates a sense of space, with forms floating backwards or forwards within it.
I think its also important to advise whoever reads these words of what I’m not; I am not one of those insignificant, yet highly irritating students that visit the London’s various drinking establishments in their small social circles to drink pints of tap water and whisper about being Investment Bankers. You know the type; the kind of person that will always whine at you to turn your music down no matter how loud (or quiet) it is; the kind of person who spends all day reading in the library yet seems inexplicably incapable of saying anything of any interest whatsoever! Those mysteriously anonymous people that didn't attend the social when they first moved into Halls! Who complain to the warden at every opportunity due to their unshakable conviction that you should not be enjoying yourself! Ah, it deeply perplexes me how these individuals manage to do so much reading and yet are unwilling or incapable of contributing anything to any discussion, save those utterly obvious and pointless remarks they make in the dullest of lectures, which seemingly serve no purpose other than to extend the lectures running time indefinitely! Quite why such individuals should desire to do such a thing is frankly beyond me. But suffice to say that I have met more interesting glasses of water in my brief time on this Earth.
Caspar David Friedrich
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
1818; Oil on canvas, 94 x 74.8 cm
This towering Romantic masterpiece is reminiscent of Nietzsche’s Zarathustra, isolated yet both empowered and triumphant. With the central figure set in the foreground of such a magnificent landscape, it reminds us that the landscape only exists because it is observed with human eyes. Thus, the concept of beauty is defined in human terms; the human is then, in itself innately beautiful
I have a particular type of temperament, which is I believe is reflected in the life and writings of Lord Byron, who was described by his ex-lover Lady Caroline Lamb as being "mad, bad and dangerous to know". I aim to engage with those individuals that share in his spirit; the Romantic spirit, which contrary to popular opinion is not exemplified by those various creeps that make their odiously idealised presences felt in the multitude of unacceptably shallow television chocolate commercials. That degenerate banality is a dreadful and insidious imitation, a corruption of something infinitely more profound, elegant and inspiring. Inspiring indeed, for the name "romantic" comes from the term "romance" which is a prose or poetic form describing the heroic, a narrative originating in medieval literature. Heroic beauty then, (as opposed to cheap sentimentality, vulgar attractiveness or superficial prettiness,) was something once admired by poets, philosophers, artists and dreamers alike, but is sadly missing amongst those morons that constitute the materially motivated celebrity worshiping hysteria that typifies the majority of modern day society. Mercifully, there are still some opposed to mediocrity, who remember what it is to be beautiful, who know how to look for beauty and where to find it.
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