"Extreme literature" can be philosophical, political, religious, sexually-oriented, profane, or just downright 'dangerous' because it rocks others' boat(s) personally. Not all literature is "pretty", and even humour can be considered provocative. Many authors have works they (and others) consider to be "extreme". All throughout the history of art and literature, artists and writers have pressed against and played with society's tolerances - in both "liberal" epochs, "conservative" epochs and (as now) in states of "moral confusion", where Western concepts of freedom of speech sometimes butt against national and local cultural mores and social politics; and where danger lurks and thrives on non-specific and situational social codes and fears.
Extreme poetry.
Heritage ... right!
Heritage .... right!
So what has your generation
Really passed on to me?!!
A set of identities that often don’t fit;
A world riddled with standardization,
Wars,
Lies,
Plastic reality-show idols,
Virus,
Global warming,
Uncertainty,
And all too easy access to drugs ...
(that sweet salvation that ultimately enslaves).
Sure, I respect what you worked for:
A sense of potential, and the
Personal freedom to express my
‘Right to be me’.
But what the fuck does it matter when
Individual isolation in an
Out-of-control jungle presses me
Further inward than you ever were?
I won’t give up today’s cyber-existence;
But sometimes I really do envy your
‘Good old days’...
Heritage .... right!
Identity.
Don’t be afraid ...
And don’t be a bioche,
Or a jackass of all trades.
Can’t you see that I don’t really
Want to have sex with you ...?
I want to be loved, and looked up to;
And I sometimes want to be you.
Am I searching for identity in
All the ‘wrong places’? Perhaps,
But the part I dislike the most is that
I will do almost anything to get it.
Identity.
(above photos by Adam Donaldson Powell)
Fire crotch.
强者不倒 - The stubborn do not change.
Tunnel of love.
(oil paintings by Adam Donaldson Powell: 1) Fire crotch; 2) 强者不倒 - The stubborn do not change); 3) Tunnel of love.
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