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Or… How I forgot to move on and am still on the Merry-Go-Round

by: Benjamin Kanarek

Looking around me during one of my fashion shoots, something struck me as very interesting and that wasthat those around me who were considered the Fashionably Fashionablewere more than just Fashion conscious, they were attuned to a stronglycodified aesthetic. What is it that those in the arts and in this casethe creativity of those at the core of the Fashion “Mode” of expressionhave that gives them that proverbial sixth sense. Why is Anna Wintour, Anna Wintour? Why is Glenda Bailey, Glenda Bailey and Franca Sozzani, Franca Sozzani. Was it because of aheightened censorial aesthetic that like so many artists, is onlyreserved for the privileged few and has been lost in most “Adults”,remembered only as a far off beautiful imaginary place once inhabitedbut long abandoned.

As children, all of us were once incredibly creative, free flowing and unencumbered spirits. Expressingones inner self was never considered a challenge. It just happened. Whenthe inevitable iron curtain drops somewhere around adolescence, why doonly a very few get through. Is it perhaps those who did not exercisetheir childhood to their fullest are able to get through. Well, ratherthan pondering this notion for too long, I would like to discuss whatmakes that artist, “That” artist.

Most great artists generally have a disregard for classic authority and consider rules for those that needto be told what and what not to do. The Greats never had to be told whatto do to become great. They just flew, unencumbered by convention andthe weight of rules. Now when I speak of rules, I am not referring to“Though Shalt Not Kill…” I am alluding to the “You must compose yourpainting using the “Rule of Thirds” or “You can’t mix THAT fabric withthat Material…” or “Your photo need to be lit this way to be credible…”etc.

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