Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Bjork, "All is Full of Love"

In this music video, there is a scene of a robotic "woman" kissing another robotic woman which looks very similar to the other one. Maybe the director decided to make both of them look the same because robots are factory-made and all look the same and function the same. Maybe the director is hinting that if we humans give in to technology, we will all have robotic body parts that all look the same and thus, we will all look the same on the outside. Maybe he is saying that if we let technology take over, we will not have any element of individuality or creativity. Maybe the director is saying that humans are already all the same because we all generally follow what is considered the norm or whatever everyone else is doing. Maybe the director is arguing that we need to branch from society and do whatever we want to rather than just what everyone else is doing.

Also, maybe the director did this to show people's obsessions with themselves. Everyone likes who they are and if they didn't, they would change and be someone else. If they are too lazy to change, then that's their fault for who they are and how their lives are and no one else's. Of course this is not true that everyone loves themselves to such an extent but it can be argued that everyone is content and happy with who they are. But perhaps the director is suggesting that people are in love with themselves. People will do bad things just to get what they want for themselves. They will through out all morals, they will put aside family, friends, priorities. They will work too much or too little, binge eat or not eat, through out morals and do whatever feels good. Is this a bad thing? Maybe not. Is this a good thing? Definitely not. So it's up to us who we want to be and for whom/what we live. What's your motivation?

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