あの男がやってくる・・・！

男の名前はスコット・ボーン。スケートボーディングを芸術の領域にまで高めた男。いや、芸術、というのは安易すぎるかもしれない。芸術は時にして権威に従順な人間達の心の拠り所となる。とても安らかで、、落ち着いた領域、、腐敗してることに気付かないぐらい。

そんなもんじゃなくて、スコット・ボーンはスケートボーディングという行為を極限まで純粋化させ、猛獣のようなスピードであらゆる領域を突き抜ける。Yeah スケーターじゃなかった僕をスケートボーディングの世界に引きずり込んだのもこの男だぜ。

今月１２日に東京でスコット・ボーン・パーティーが開かれるらしいですので、行ってようと思います。

The Genius Of The Crowd


there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day

and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace

those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach peace do not have love

beware the preachers
beware the knowers
beware those who are always reading books
beware those who either detest poverty
or are proud of it
beware those quick to praise
for they need praise in return
beware those who are quick to censor
they are afraid of what they do not know
beware those who seek constant crowds for
they are nothing alone
beware the average man the average woman
beware their love, their love is average
seeks average

but there is genius in their hatred
there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you
to kill anybody
not wanting solitude
not understanding solitude
they will attempt to destroy anything
that differs from their own
not being able to create art
they will not understand art
they will consider their failure as creators
only as a failure of the world
not being able to love fully
they will believe your love incomplete
and then they will hate you
and their hatred will be perfect

like a shining diamond
like a knife
like a mountain
like a tiger
like hemlock

their finest art

Charles Bukowski