Sublime

Perversely, irony relies on some remains of cultural capital in order to coherently express its destructive message. If elevated beyond commentary and analysis to its own pedestal of artistic value, its essence become desacralization and the making trite of deep truths we might prefer to respect and conserve.

When even transgression is pre-packaged for consumption, the last frontier of resistance is not creativity but nihilism—a bleak symptom of a culture that has posted, pinned, and monetized everything else.

nihilism;