How Art Stole My Best Years

I like art.. maybe too much. In this experimental essay, I examine the idea of following your passions, and what happens when they take over/come in conflict with your life. It results in yet another existential crisis.

As you might expect, it goes into some heavy, meaning of life-type territory, so there is no definitive conclusion (I am a little boy. I couldn't possibly know what life means). This might be SOO pretentious, but worrying about those arbitrary things hurts art, so here we are.

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Chapters

0:00 Intro and The Red Shoes
06:40 Ashita no Joe (1)
09:40 Synecdoche, New York
14:23 A Brief Exposition Dump
19:03 The Wind Rises
22:23 Bakuman
24:35 Ashita no Joe (2)
28:31 Transition
29:40 Another Story
35:57 Escapism
39:01 Vagabond
45:12 Pasolini and The Noble Sacrifice
49:00 (In)conclusion

Music Used (a lot of needle drops in this one)

Bruno Nicolai- Love Theme
Philippe Sarde - La Lettre de Rosalie (instrumental)
Brian Easdale - Hearts of Fire Overture
Brian Easdale - The Ballet Premier
Francoise De Roubaix - Amour Sur Les Rails
Alberto Baldan Bembo- Tema Di Barbara
Ennio Morricone- Un Po D'Ironia Acida (slowed and reverb )
Tyler The Creator- Colossus (instrumental)
Alain Goraguer- Strip Tease
Gianni Marchetti- February
Nino Rota- Via Veneto E I Nobili
Ludwig Goransson- Can You Hear the Music
The Lost Weekend- The Bridge of Love (instrumental)
Piero Piccioni- I Cavalli
Bruno Nicolai- Sugggestione
Ennio Morricone- Girotondo (instrumental)
Ennio Morricone- Ti Prego Amami
Killer Bee- Luvsick
Bruno Nicolai- Magico Incontro