February 12ths

2/12/1944 
            
(Diary of Anne Frank) 
            
I’m in a state of utter confusion, don’t know what to read, what to write, what to do. I only know that I’m longing for something... 

 

2/12/1997

The music scene is anarchic. There are rules but they change erratically. The rules are more tribal rather than democratic. Playing with new or borrowed rules can be interesting, but I'm not so sure that it's always successful. In music, the changing of the rules has changed the face of music forever. I don't know if "paganism", dilettantism and anarchy are successful in making good art. But I think a change in how we learn (or are taught to learn) is a good thing. It will change music education in the way that it changed music. It will have an "anyone can do it" feel to it. Remember it was this philosophy that created "alternative", techno, industrial, etc.

[2/12/2025: This “anarchy” in culture, then seen as innocuous–almost a fashion, has led to fascism and the end of democracy in the US, with “rules changing erratically”.]

2/12/2005

A minimalist 2-shot: Mies’ 330 N Wabash and adjacent parking garage: