BLKNZM ST. PETERSBURG: Marc V. Kalinka

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A PATH OF OPTIONS

Raskolnikov decides to kill the old lady usurer. He counts 730 steps from his house to hers.

730 steps of febrile delirium, foolishness, desperation.

Raskolnikov = art
Old lady usurer = money
Who kills whom?

        guilt                                                                                      art

The guilt / hope of artists is to think they can make a living with their art / hands.

        hope                                                                                    hands

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candor feeds

Their candor often / guilt sometimes leads them to misunderstand / overestimate the system, how it works and who or what feeds / rules the market.

  guilt rules

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Art                                                                    happy

Art/prostitution is just a way of making other people happy/wealthy by doing the dirty work.

Prostitution                                                      wealthy

          love               woman/man                     unheeded

Art is like the love/obsession for a woman-man / collector-critic that is not always requited and lies unheeded / forgotten                         .

          obsession                   collector/critic                         forgotten         

 

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         in

I am           this.

        out of

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       .....detest
       ....... hate

I ......................                      you!

          .......     want
         .....    suck up to

(Credits: Text, soundtrack and images by Marc Vincent Kalinka.