“SOMEONE THAT OCCUPIES A SPACE WITHOUT TOUCHING IT IS A MEMBER OF A 21ST CENTURY EXPERIMENTAL POP GROUP CALLED THE VANITY PROJECT. THEY SEEK NOTORIETY BUT WITHOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY, ENTERING A ROOM WITH SUNGLASSES FIRMLY ON. THEIR EYE-WEAR BECOME FACIAL LIVERY, TYPES OF BLINKERS SEPARATING THE SURROUNDINGS FROM THEIR NOW INERT GAZE. THIS DETACHMENT IS A SYMPTOM OF A NASCENT RESENTMENT FOR WORK IN ALL IT’S SHAPES AND FORMS AND THE EFFECTS OF YOUTHFULNESS AND ENTHUSIASM WORK GENERALLY ENCOURAGES. MORE IMPORTANTLY IT EXPRESSES A CYNICISM WHERE SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT IS INTERPRETED AS UNNECESSARY. OF COURSE WE NOW KNOW THIS TO BE UNTRUE. ENTERING THE ROOM WEARING SUNGLASSES IS A TECHNIQUE IN AVOIDANCE. THIS FAINT SQUIRT OF AN ENTRANCE BY OUR CYNICAL FRIEND, THE AGENT-OF-DISLOCATION, IS THE EXPRESSION OF THE MOMENT OF THEIR RECEPTION, WHERE THEIR ‘BODY’ AS A CULTURAL BLOWTORCH FINALLY WELDS THE PARTY TOGETHER… BLOODY ARROGANCE IF YOU ASK ME, LAZY BLOODY ARROGANCE”
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