This piece was a very interesting read to me, and I feel it to be representative of how culture (and counterculture) has evolved over time. It evokes a rebellious and "fuck the world" kind of sentiment that, while completely visionary and new for the time, has a much larger following today. Anarchy was akin to complete chaos when the piece was written, so these blasphemous statements were not taken lightly.
To me, I see this as encouragement for the visionary/artist/inventor to try new and unpaved pathways in their craft. It encourages the refusal of the accepted/caudified and the investigation of the new and outrageous. If anything, this article incites at least a candle of rebellion in any reader with a shred of individuality. The language and some of the idioms no longer translate properly to be sure, but the spine of the piece is one of defiance. This defiance of the accepted and facile is what any visionary should pursue in their work if any change is to be made to a genre.
-Zach Biehl
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