Open people, creative people, will always want to be on the edge of explored territory. And this can be a problem, if the territory is already quite expansive. They will always keep pushing the boundaries, by nature. There won’t be any logical stopping point. Once whatever used to be fresh and exciting has been fully gentrified, they’ll move on to the next new territory. They always want to be in the new place, bringing what is hidden into the light and bringing what has been sidelined to the forefront. They want new possibilities, new places to go, new experiences to chase.
But there isn’t any logical stopping point. If they want to remain current and creatively vital, they must always remain in motion. Even as individual artists age and settle down and become gentrified themselves, the next generation that already takes for granted what the last generation did wants to surpass it and is waiting in the wings.
As Camille Paglia once said, once wonders if this will drive some artists back to traditionalism. They’ve spent so long deconstructing things that it stopped being innovative forty years ago. Now one wonders if any of them know how to put anything together. I think that’s her current rebellion. Rebellion against a passe rebellion. And maybe is something it would be refreshing to see.
Making Nobody Happy 