Punks not Dead (but still Ms. Understood)

non se·qui·tur -1. An inference or conclusion that does not follow from the premises or evidence.
2. A statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it. 3. primitive forms of communication between hobos

I used to write ridiculously precious letters to loved ones about all sorts of nonsense that occupied me in that particular moment. The task of making the letter seem cohesive was about finding links from one stray thought to another. "there must be some link, for my mind jumped from one thing to another!" I don't necessarily believe that, but in the same way I studied illusionistic painting for half my life, writing or painting or work seems to be geared towards making unrelated thoughts members of a devoted family. (following this train of thought, incest seems pretty natural)



I scrawled this on a piece of paper some years ago. the top "{"was for the new. the bottom "}" for the historic or what came before. The pleasure of things done in a classical mode is the subtle nuances of limited difference between the present and past. On the other hand, Punk (can one really say modern anymore) was just hanging in there by the tips of it's {. Punk rock, it's almost not music, yet it is by a few slivers of a {. It has just enough a link to what came before it to make sense, or have the illusion of sense.


we here at wecouldbeheroes prefer the punk mode.