"Koreatown Bok Choy", which, along with "The Madness of Cloud", comprise the American Epic Poem Σύννεφα και Πρίαπος is currently in the process of being published on my Substack, Default Tumblr Theme.
Section 1 was published this Wednesday, 9/17, and the subsequent four sections will be published on 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, and 10/15, respectively.
Σύννεφα και Πρίαπος is an epic poem that—in my interpretation of it at least—deals primarily with ideas surrounding virtual ontologies and their inherent absurdity (yet reality?), which isn't an inherently political theme.
Yet I can't help but think this theme still has some overlap to recent current events, where public figures seem to be able to, inexplicably, make statements that can only logically be associated with turgid ideas like white nationalism and neo-fascism—yet these figures somehow don't become white nationalists in the eyes of other established political figures.
Public figures engage with white nationalism via public statements that can only logically be deduced as endorsing white nationalism yet somehow aren't identified as white nationalists.
It's almost like the residual irony that overlays everything on the internet has now allowed people—to a greater extent than ever before—to indiscriminately make seemingly serious statements that are still somehow not taken seriously as abhorrent and insipid, despite these figures, in most cases, having absolutely no aesthetic ability or artistic credibility whatsoever?
Thank you for your attention to this matter.