Two words that might describe that melancholic feeling these photos invoke. Sonder; which is the realization that everyone has their own story, and hiraeth; which is the yearning for a time and place that has past and may have never existed in the way you remember.
Honestly your videos and your delving into philosophy (?) has not only changed how I see fashion and aesthetics, but how I view moving through life in general. The idea you have expressed about not erasing your past self has been really interesting
I really like your idea that there is mystery in the mundane and the nothingness…Images that lack a clear narrative have so much more potential and space for imagination and engagement. They enable and invite us to construct our own story with them because it’s just so easy to be absorbed into those worlds! Worlds that exist between memory and dreams , our reality and a different reality…
this reminded me of the Kpop group New Jeans, I believe they have been using this concept in their content specially their music videos. they are super popular right now for many reasons, one of course the music. But I personally think that the use of common experiences about high school and adolescence in this blurred, digital camera, girly, teen nostalgia, friendship, young style makes them stand out from the rest of the artist and groups right now. by content I mean their lyrics, styling, performances, dances, photos, albums and id say even the idols themselves, they are all really young so they portray an innocent and childish image that I think emphasizes the relatability, tho understandably at their debut this created a lot of concern and controversy. I believe they've made a huge impact in Kpop and many other groups have changed in this direction. u might not b very familiar w Kpop so I thought bringing it up could relate it to other topics so yeah I rlly enjoy ur videos and they make me reflect on the topics for a long time I literally watched this when u posted but just now thought of this, anyways thank u for sharing ur brain :)
identity vs visibility is such an interesting concept that i’d love to learn more about. because a lot of the time i feel like people try to cultivate an “aesthetic” or “brand” on instagram through visuals in order to gain following … similar to what you said about tumblr. i understand implicitly the distinction made but i would love some elaboration if possible :) i love this video and this channel thank you
the talk about art, spirituality, transcendence was cool, I would love to hear more about your personal journey through art. Art does make us feel larger than we are and these pictures that both look like me and the strangers that walk down the streets, my siblings, friends peels back a lot of the shit on us and just feels really human. Flawed and all.
When I see pictures of the mundane from the past, it makes time feel highly fragmented and not a gradual force through which we experience natural change. Maybe because I feel compelled to compare the conditions of life “then” and “now” from a singular snapshot, making the past feel dead and out of reach. And it brings up that visceral feeling that we aren’t as immortal as we’d like to think.
unrelated but this conversation in relation to astrology gets even more interesting. it being a lunar ecplise in scorpio and themes of "uncovering" and going to the "depths' go hand in hand, too well
I think what strikes me about the profound mundanity of these images is its immediacy. So much of the "art" and fashion that we see today is reduced to symbol and caters to interpretation...removing it from the primacy of life, of raw and complex experience, and so we are jolted when we are confronted with a work of art that contains no neatly packaged "meaning" or symbol that we can cling to and interpret in our minds! We are left purely with that immediate sensory experience. It reminds me of Susan Sontag's "Against Interpretation," which she ends with the plea: "In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art." !!!!
You summed up so well what ive been seeing online the past months. i always connenct these images with a suburban vibe and youth in suburbia , this eerie quality of feeling stilted or trapped in the domestic comfort of a childhoodhome in the suburbs. (prob because this sets off my personal nostalgia) They also really remind me of all the liminal spaces we have seen the past few years, the nostalgia , eerie familiarity and mundanity
been waitingggggg for a vid on this since you posted about in on TikTok. ugh those images make me feel so nostalgic like I can't pinpoint the feeling it gives me in my STOMACH like an emptiness, like I'm missing out on something. I could cry. also the electric blue issey miyake looks stunning on u kisses mwah xoxo
thanks for making a vid on dis phenomena ! been seeing this reprise in a lot of independent designers’ campaigns and it brings me back simultaneously to my 2000s childhood as well as the early-mid 2010s ig style… summer malaise, urban decay, youth
"I think that made sense" -- it totally did, and what tickles me is how casual you seem about your conclusion (i.e., that when people seek these images they're really just seeking community instead). I for one am frightened at it! Really appreciated this video 🔥
your videos helped me realize i was into fashion! i had always adored fashion images , esp from tumblr and IG, since i was in middle school but really hadn’t figured it out until i was introduced to your work!
unrelated but yesterday i was trying to find your channel but couldn’t remember your name but now for the first time you popped up in my suggested videos and im literally so happy i found you again. funny how the internet works sometimes
Loovvveeee your videos. If you haven’t seen it already, the documentary See Know Evil about Davide Sorrenti is amazing. Highly recommend for the melancholic fashion girlies
I think there is something about the candid of it all. The natural documetation. Especially normality’s of the past. The past is always bound to be come fantastic and be ogled at. We are so mesmerized by the way we used to be. 3:543:54
Its a little hard for me to fully grasp the concept because so many of the pics to me aren’t surreal, mysterious or eerie in any way, but mundane for sure. But then Id see a few pics here or there in the video where I can definitely kind of see how that concept applies. Like I really think I get what you’re talking about, and if Im picking up on it right I think theres a sense of nostalgia to it too? I was a teenager in the age of myspace and photobucket, so to me a lot of the photos were just things people posted at the time and didnt really evoke any specific feeling, but now that we are further removed from that time, it makes us wonder where we were and what we were doing. Idk. But this is a really interesting video.
i totally get that, i actually can not / will not use pictures that more effectively communicate the aesthetic that i’m talking about because they’re of actual regular people, sometimes i can’t be sure they’re of adults or consented to the photos etc. so i totally get that, im sorry!!
I'm embarrassed because Instagram has also been about signaling success and not necessarily failure and experience and creativity. But maybe it's not so black and white idk. We r tired of perfection these days
??? how is 'unresolvable reality' being distinguished from 'regular reality'? im rlly confused. Also, since there is 'unresolvable reality' should we infer that there is also such a thing like 'resolvable reality'; if yes, what is it??
unresolvable reality is regular reality. life is unresolvable and imperfect, and it’s hard to have it reflected back to you. and that’s what i talk about toward the end when i compare unresolved reality conveyed through images to stylized images where the resolution comes from consumption and perfecting your appearance to meet the ideals they create. sorry if it was confusing. it feels feasibly “resolvable” when you see a perfected fashion image of someone compared to a normal relatable one because with the perfected one you can start consuming what they’re selling to work toward the “resolution” of the idealized image. that’s the purpose of the images. to create an ideal for you to aspire to and when you shop you supposedly resolve that unease.
casualization of fashion and dominating fashion brands and runway trends made it the case and it would be cool if it were normal for people to wear whatever they want and not have it so dictated to them
tons. of. notes. deff going to rewatch this again and again almost as if I've read an entire book and missed some of the crucial details. loved this analysis. whatever I'm about to say may not make sense but the mundane is what we all truly aspire to be.. we aspire to be us. these images are us, what we live, and what we live in the present moment is always overlooked. I think mainstream media, advertisements, and large consumerist high end culture promotes 'what could be' and not 'what is'. through these photos we are grounded in what is in front of us and it resonates w us bc we don't see it often. like someone said down below, we can create our own stories through these images, + theres soooo much more interpretation without visiual explicitness. the story is left for us to decipher !! these images are boundless. i wrote down "we are free with not knowing." but also we kinda are free with knowing, cuz now I know so much more and I feel immense joy to create limitlessly. ur analysis' makes me so much more grounded in my own creative practice. i read your thread on 'why rick owens aesthetic will never collapse on itself' and everything just makes so much sense.... create from within. do it your way so you don't have to do it their way and everything will be stable. rick can adjust his brands initivate and story bc he's basically adjusting himself in the process! he is his brand and no one can take him from himself. cuz he's him. like... woah.. now that's #timeless like omgggg... learning so much in just a few days! :) I still need to practice analyzing clothes in general due to my lack of knowing references but ty for all you do. ur such a truly a blessing
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everyone quiet we attending professor rian lecture
*quietly takes out my pencil & notebook *
Two words that might describe that melancholic feeling these photos invoke. Sonder; which is the realization that everyone has their own story, and hiraeth; which is the yearning for a time and place that has past and may have never existed in the way you remember.
THANK YOU OMG
Honestly your videos and your delving into philosophy (?) has not only changed how I see fashion and aesthetics, but how I view moving through life in general. The idea you have expressed about not erasing your past self has been really interesting
I’m screaming at you putting my entire dashboard in this video 😭 i’m such a mundane tumblr blogger
The dolphin jersey photo is me with my brother in dollar tree in 2015
omg
i like to use clothing to visually deceive people into thinking that i am a serious person not an absolute clown
true
I really like your idea that there is mystery in the mundane and the nothingness…Images that lack a clear narrative have so much more potential and space for imagination and engagement. They enable and invite us to construct our own story with them because it’s just so easy to be absorbed into those worlds! Worlds that exist between memory and dreams , our reality and a different reality…
Father is serving dinner y’all. Come to the table and eat up
Wait I literally see you everywhere on yt, and now here on the OG’s video
This made me miss tumblr so much
this reminded me of the Kpop group New Jeans, I believe they have been using this concept in their content specially their music videos. they are super popular right now for many reasons, one of course the music. But I personally think that the use of common experiences about high school and adolescence in this blurred, digital camera, girly, teen nostalgia, friendship, young style makes them stand out from the rest of the artist and groups right now. by content I mean their lyrics, styling, performances, dances, photos, albums and id say even the idols themselves, they are all really young so they portray an innocent and childish image that I think emphasizes the relatability, tho understandably at their debut this created a lot of concern and controversy. I believe they've made a huge impact in Kpop and many other groups have changed in this direction. u might not b very familiar w Kpop so I thought bringing it up could relate it to other topics so yeah I rlly enjoy ur videos and they make me reflect on the topics for a long time I literally watched this when u posted but just now thought of this, anyways thank u for sharing ur brain :)
NEW RIAN MY DAY IS SAVED, MY SOUL IS HEALINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
it is so sad that Gen Z didn't get to have RL mundane photos..... Everything is so "Art Directed" today.
what do you mean?
identity vs visibility is such an interesting concept that i’d love to learn more about. because a lot of the time i feel like people try to cultivate an “aesthetic” or “brand” on instagram through visuals in order to gain following … similar to what you said about tumblr. i understand implicitly the distinction made but i would love some elaboration if possible :) i love this video and this channel thank you
i used to pray for times like this
the talk about art, spirituality, transcendence was cool, I would love to hear more about your personal journey through art. Art does make us feel larger than we are and these pictures that both look like me and the strangers that walk down the streets, my siblings, friends peels back a lot of the shit on us and just feels really human. Flawed and all.
When I see pictures of the mundane from the past, it makes time feel highly fragmented and not a gradual force through which we experience natural change. Maybe because I feel compelled to compare the conditions of life “then” and “now” from a singular snapshot, making the past feel dead and out of reach. And it brings up that visceral feeling that we aren’t as immortal as we’d like to think.
unrelated but this conversation in relation to astrology gets even more interesting. it being a lunar ecplise in scorpio and themes of "uncovering" and going to the "depths' go hand in hand, too well
I think what strikes me about the profound mundanity of these images is its immediacy. So much of the "art" and fashion that we see today is reduced to symbol and caters to interpretation...removing it from the primacy of life, of raw and complex experience, and so we are jolted when we are confronted with a work of art that contains no neatly packaged "meaning" or symbol that we can cling to and interpret in our minds! We are left purely with that immediate sensory experience. It reminds me of Susan Sontag's "Against Interpretation," which she ends with the plea: "In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art." !!!!
love this video sm, also that blue you're wearing is such a stunning color on you!
You summed up so well what ive been seeing online the past months. i always connenct these images with a suburban vibe and youth in suburbia , this eerie quality of feeling stilted or trapped in the domestic comfort of a childhoodhome in the suburbs. (prob because this sets off my personal nostalgia) They also really remind me of all the liminal spaces we have seen the past few years, the nostalgia , eerie familiarity and mundanity
such wonderful thoughts of very specific things that no one else is talking about. an absolute treasure.
been waitingggggg for a vid on this since you posted about in on TikTok. ugh those images make me feel so nostalgic like I can't pinpoint the feeling it gives me in my STOMACH like an emptiness, like I'm missing out on something. I could cry. also the electric blue issey miyake looks stunning on u kisses mwah xoxo
like i thought i understood but now i understand likeeee
just reminding everyone that this is the best video on the internet
literally ... so ahead of her time in terms of analysis and knowledge like woah
thanks for making a vid on dis phenomena ! been seeing this reprise in a lot of independent designers’ campaigns and it brings me back simultaneously to my 2000s childhood as well as the early-mid 2010s ig style… summer malaise, urban decay, youth
"I think that made sense" -- it totally did, and what tickles me is how casual you seem about your conclusion (i.e., that when people seek these images they're really just seeking community instead). I for one am frightened at it! Really appreciated this video 🔥
your videos helped me realize i was into fashion! i had always adored fashion images , esp from tumblr and IG, since i was in middle school but really hadn’t figured it out until i was introduced to your work!
omg ive noticed this since forever but didn't have the words for it
unrelated but yesterday i was trying to find your channel but couldn’t remember your name but now for the first time you popped up in my suggested videos and im literally so happy i found you again. funny how the internet works sometimes
new rian vid this early we’re so winning
i have the biggest crush on you fr. really love your analysis on this, best one I've seen addressing this new trend that marketers have taken over
PERSONA (1966) ALWAYS YASSSSS
the way i learn so much from your videos.....thank you so much for this dissection rian!
"you want the connective aspects of humanity" yes yea yes, exactly, and so true!
this was rlly interesting & fun to watch. thnx 4 the vid rian
Literally my favourite youtuber right now ❤
one of my favourite modern photographers that really encapsulates this aesthetic and the harshness of the mundane is cristina stohle
Loovvveeee your videos. If you haven’t seen it already, the documentary See Know Evil about Davide Sorrenti is amazing. Highly recommend for the melancholic fashion girlies
i loveeeeee the color of ur blouse, u look beautiful!
thanks so much
Your videos are literally mini lectures ur so smart it’s crazy
this is SOO good
PARENTTTT
i neeeeed this paper on personality and connection during covid!!!!
These -pictures are actually from a Serial killers handycam
feeling mysterious feeling mundane
I just woke up from a nap and thought this video was 15 hours (instead it was posted 15 hours ago)
So good !
i love your videos
had no idea about this, but some how my pinterest boards are mostly based off of this and I recognize these photos too
Sick video btw subbed
Excellent video, thank you!
I think there is something about the candid of it all. The natural documetation. Especially normality’s of the past. The past is always bound to be come fantastic and be ogled at. We are so mesmerized by the way we used to be. 3:54 3:54
Some photographers that come to mind are Simon Wheatley and Mohamed Bourouissa
anybody else think of the Kate Moss monologue from About Time (2013) during the section describing the style of photography
Its a little hard for me to fully grasp the concept because so many of the pics to me aren’t surreal, mysterious or eerie in any way, but mundane for sure. But then Id see a few pics here or there in the video where I can definitely kind of see how that concept applies. Like I really think I get what you’re talking about, and if Im picking up on it right I think theres a sense of nostalgia to it too? I was a teenager in the age of myspace and photobucket, so to me a lot of the photos were just things people posted at the time and didnt really evoke any specific feeling, but now that we are further removed from that time, it makes us wonder where we were and what we were doing. Idk. But this is a really interesting video.
i totally get that, i actually can not / will not use pictures that more effectively communicate the aesthetic that i’m talking about because they’re of actual regular people, sometimes i can’t be sure they’re of adults or consented to the photos etc. so i totally get that, im sorry!!
Awesome video!
I'm embarrassed because Instagram has also been about signaling success and not necessarily failure and experience and creativity. But maybe it's not so black and white idk. We r tired of perfection these days
i love your take on this aesthetic though i do wish it was more fleshed out and comprehensive.
in what way
@7:17-7:37 This is when I looked to subscribe to you but realized I already subscribed. 😅
THANK YOUUUUUUUU
yeah!
Great video
Ngl they lowkey scare me lol like I get a really uneasy feeling when I see some of these photos
liminal fashion just dropped
So candid photos?
27:07 - YES.
tumblr is for the people who know what they like
thanks professor
I literally didn't even know people we're still on Tumblr like wtf
can you name or link the study you mentioned about the post-lockdown changes in social behavior please? great video as always :))
this explains why i’m so obsessed with furries. like i’m so intrigued by furry culture but only as a voyeur. it is mundane and mysterious asf to me
you are so smart
This video gave me eternal life clear skin and an exorcism.
hi rain 🤓
??? how is 'unresolvable reality' being distinguished from 'regular reality'? im rlly confused. Also, since there is 'unresolvable reality' should we infer that there is also such a thing like 'resolvable reality'; if yes, what is it??
unresolvable reality is regular reality. life is unresolvable and imperfect, and it’s hard to have it reflected back to you. and that’s what i talk about toward the end when i compare unresolved reality conveyed through images to stylized images where the resolution comes from consumption and perfecting your appearance to meet the ideals they create. sorry if it was confusing. it feels feasibly “resolvable” when you see a perfected fashion image of someone compared to a normal relatable one because with the perfected one you can start consuming what they’re selling to work toward the “resolution” of the idealized image. that’s the purpose of the images. to create an ideal for you to aspire to and when you shop you supposedly resolve that unease.
@@RianPhin all good :) thx, it is all more clear now
What are your thoughts on athleisure being peoples everyday clothes
casualization of fashion and dominating fashion brands and runway trends made it the case and it would be cool if it were normal for people to wear whatever they want and not have it so dictated to them
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hey loved this video. what's your Tumblr id love to follow your blog
3am vibes
oh ik this one is gonna be good lets begin yawpp
tons. of. notes. deff going to rewatch this again and again almost as if I've read an entire book and missed some of the crucial details. loved this analysis. whatever I'm about to say may not make sense but the mundane is what we all truly aspire to be.. we aspire to be us. these images are us, what we live, and what we live in the present moment is always overlooked. I think mainstream media, advertisements, and large consumerist high end culture promotes 'what could be' and not 'what is'. through these photos we are grounded in what is in front of us and it resonates w us bc we don't see it often. like someone said down below, we can create our own stories through these images, + theres soooo much more interpretation without visiual explicitness. the story is left for us to decipher !! these images are boundless. i wrote down "we are free with not knowing." but also we kinda are free with knowing, cuz now I know so much more and I feel immense joy to create limitlessly. ur analysis' makes me so much more grounded in my own creative practice.
i read your thread on 'why rick owens aesthetic will never collapse on itself' and everything just makes so much sense.... create from within. do it your way so you don't have to do it their way and everything will be stable. rick can adjust his brands initivate and story bc he's basically adjusting himself in the process! he is his brand and no one can take him from himself. cuz he's him. like... woah.. now that's #timeless like omgggg... learning so much in just a few days! :) I still need to practice analyzing clothes in general due to my lack of knowing references but ty for all you do. ur such a truly a blessing
is that jack Salem at 607
Harmony Korine
1:35 did you mean “other people’s pictures?”
Idk what you mean sorry at 1 min 35seconds? In what part of the sentence
unflavoredwaxedfloss was pootee
7:57
Moral of the story: communism is great and capitalism sucks. /gen
no audio
when? i hear it
Bro needs some new speakers
When you click a video that just posted sometimes it’s not done processing, so the sound will not be working and you have to wait. But it works now
@@youwomanyou oh thank you for explaining
You sound so much like Azelia Banks
s/o thatbitchsimone
and plumslices!