i finished high school. i'd like to thank everyone i ever bribed, paid, threatened, blackmailed, etc. to do my homework. this tiny laminated diploma i might get in the mail in a couple months is as much yours as it is mine. my very own punk rock prom on monday eep!
Vanitas is a type of symbolic art, specifically associated with still life paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries in Northern Europe. The word vanitas is Latin and it literally translates to "emptiness". More loosely, vanitas symbolize the meaninglessness of earthly life and the transient properties of vanity. Vanitas were commonly funerary art, often giving the message, "memento mori"(remember you must die). Vanitas typically use skulls as the subject matter, symbolizing the certainty of death; but also they often feature rotting fruit, symbolizing decay, bubbles expressing the suddenness of death and fragility of life. Some even portrayed peeled lemons or raw seafood, things that are pretty to look at but bitter to taste, which some would say is similar to life.
Fuck this shit. Fuck death. Fuck it for it not being easier for me. Because I care. Because I'm not numb and people think I am. No, actually, I'm talking about dying. Death is a whole different set of encyclopedias. At least, I hope so. It's kind of important to me.
HAPPY MAY DAY EVERYONE LET'S TEAR UP THE STREETS.
The term "raw" is generally preferred to "lo-fi" in black metal circles.