Hi.
How does one alienate herself from beliefs she clearly expressed and people from all over the world took her for a saint? :D
Alien Art Hive should look into the alienation of the soul, integrity, and being an artistic community. And I hope this article will be well received by our Hivers.
This is an AI Art interpretation of Madonna at the Grammys, 2023 :)
It's one of the two I have created on Starryai, an AI online website that gives anyone 5 credits for 5 free creations. I really wanted to test it, using the "Madonna to alien" phrase as an input and this gif with her from the Grammys this year:
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No. I am not mocking this excellent artist with these NFTs, but this article is very important for self-development and for the alignment we can create: behave according to our values.
I want to start this post by saying that I hate a few things in life: hypocrisy, men who talk badly about women or to them directly, and men who cry and bxxtch about things.
Today I will be one of them...at least. With no excuse. But with the intention to make a point about authenticity and owning what you state.
Look:
Madonna accused her critics of ageism and misogyny and even said that a close-up of her face was taken with a long-lens camera.
The issue is interesting because Madonna, who is 64 years old, has had several expensive cosmetic surgeries on her face to look younger, which means she didn't really like the way she looked. So what does ageism refer to: a woman's right to grow old, a woman's right to be considered beautiful at 64, or an old woman's right to want to be young through artificial aesthetic changes?
At least two aspects are involved here:
- changing the representation of beauty, so that we can recognize the beauty of a 64-year-old woman's face;
- altering the face of a 64-year-old woman to meet the current standard of beauty, which can only be embodied by a young woman.
It is obvious that Madonna chose the second option, and then she claims not the right to be considered beautiful, but the right to be considered young. But even admitting that at 64 you are not old, you still cannot say that you are young. You can have a young spirit, yes, but you're not young anymore, either way you take it.
Why did Madonna choose this option? The answer is simple: her entire career is, so to speak, body-centric. A woman can be beautiful even at 64 years old, but not through cosmetic surgeries, they don't help her anymore. Or let's correct: he may resort to a minimum of cosmetic surgery and, obviously, makeup, but that's about it. The problem is not that, but the evolution of her personality, which, in humans, can be seen in the eyes, can be seen on the face. Obviously, there is feminine beauty in older ages, and of course, to notice it you have to step outside the standard or dominant representation of beauty, but the essential element is the woman herself. La Rochefoucauld says that as they grow old, beautiful women become ugly and ugly women become beautiful. Beyond the cynicism of the wording, something is true. As they age, beautiful women move away from the standard of beauty, and ugly women beautify themselves (those who do) through the evolution of their own personalities. Obviously, beautiful women can do the same, if they don't get stuck in their own corporeality, like Madonna.
Thanks so much for reading! And I hope you know my beliefs are not depreciative but rather genuinely appreciative of beauty in age and body.
Here's a second NFT AI art I have done with her on that website I have mentioned above:
With a Peter Mohrbacher effect and again the textual input: "Madonna to alien"
PS: Stand to what you believe in. Life becomes clear, minimal, and happy.
With respect,
Zpek
