hat-ari

The video was incredibly nostalgic, with reference to all of the interviews, Iceland Music News stuff, and Eurovision. It's the handshake in the video, the eurovision routine being acted out by little hatari, and even the message in the song itself, that seemed to summise an anthology of the corruption in everyday life. To dance or die. It's impossible to live an anti-capitalist life when our only option is to earn money to eat and have a home. Either we make money or we dont live. I've always seen the music as part of a performance, like theatre, so each song tells us a tale of capitalism and the expectations in society we face. I think of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience. So, being a performance or a story, it does have an end. I just didn't want to admit to myself that it was indeed the end of something. It does mark the end of an era, which is sad.

I'm not sure if there will be more performances in the future, but I feel like it will be very different, if Matthias did decide to get into it again.

However, I think it's a very honourable thing to get a full-time job and to take care of one's family, and make that a priority. Matthias is totally right to stop doing something he doesn't enjoy anymore. And it is exhausting to combat capitalism every day or to keep thinking about it. There is some irony that Matthias is a copywriter, writing to sell products, something that might manifest itself in his screenplays, perhaps! As he says, the writer never dies.

Aside from that, going on holiday or getting takeout with friends, or buying a new pair of shoes, or spending time with family - those things are what makes life pleasant, they are comforting, and they are totally needed. Sometimes, it is better for one's mental well-being to take the sedative rather than feel the constant pain of the world's injustices.