Shibuya Punk (The Drift Scene) Aesthetics
Midnight Paradise is an aesthetic based on various media that surrounds Street Culture (Farmer’s Market, Street Party, Street Food, Rum Coffee Cafe Culture, Street Art, Street Photography, Streetwear, Flatland BMX); Social Media Platform 4biddenluv, Cuisine Industry, Ecstasy Traffkicking, Acid Streetwear Trade Shows, X Games, Sportsbook Auto Salons, Graffiti, Prison Gangs, or all of the following in an urban setting.
KEY MOTIFS
Graffiti Curating, Prison Gangs, Underground Poker, X Games, Drift Shows, StockX Stores, Underground Trap Rap or EDM and Punk Rock Music, Surround Sound System, Mouth Jewellery, Ecstasy Trafficking (Acid Streetwear Trade Shows & Raves), Strip Clubs, Happy Ending Massages, Swingers Club (only when single), Culinary Real Estate & Food Court Holding Company, Restaurant Clientèle Based Grocery Store, Cuisine Investment Trust, Street Food Festival/Tour, Rear-wheel Drive Car Tune Ups, Exploration of Commercial Areas and Cities, Patchwork Full Body Tattoos, Tennis Clothing, Pastel and Health Goth, Street Culture (Food, Wear, Art, Drift Cars)
KEY VALUES
Individualism, anti-authority, anti-capitalism, freedom of expression
CRIMINOLOGY THEORIES
Choice Theory: The belief that individuals choose to commit a crime, looking at the opportunities before them, weighing the benefit versus the punishment, and deciding whether to proceed or not.
Classical Theory: Similar to the choice theory, this theory ascertains that people think before they proceed with criminal actions; that when one commits a crime, it is because the individual decided that it was advantageous to commit the crime.
Critical Theory: Critical theory upholds the belief that a small few, the elite of the society, decide laws and the definition of crime; those who commit crimes disagree with the laws that were created to keep control of them.
Labeling Theory: Those who follow the labeling theory of criminology ascribe to the fact that an individual will become what he is labeled or what others expect him to become; the danger comes from calling a crime a crime and a criminal a criminal.
Life Course Theory: The theory that a person’s “course” in life is determined by short (transitory) and long (trajectory) events in his life, and crime can result when a transitory event causes stress in a person’s life causing him to commit a crime against society.
Positivist Theory: The positivist rejects the idea that each individual makes a conscious, rational choice to commit a crime; rather, some individuals are abnormal in intelligence, social acceptance, or some other way, and that causes them to commit crime.
Rational Choice Theory: Reasons that an individual thinks through each action, deciding on whether it would be worth the risk of committing a crime to reap the benefits of that crime, whether the goal be financial, pleasure, or some other beneficial result.
Routine Activity Theory: Followers of the routine activity theory believe that crime is inevitable, and that if the target is attractive enough, crime will happen; effective measures must be in place to deter crime from happening.
Social Learning Theory: Social learning indicates that individuals learn from those around them; they base their morals and activities on what they see others in their social environment doing.
Strain Theory: The theory holds that individuals will turn to a life of crime when they are strained, or when they are unable to achieve the goals of the society, whether power, finance, or some other desirable goal.
Trait Theory: Those who follow the trait theory believe that individuals have certain traits that will contribute to whether or not they are capable of committing a crime when pushed in a certain direction, or when they are in duress.
Consensual or Victimless Crime: Consensual crime refers to crimes that do not directly harm other individuals or property. Rather, individuals choose to participate in risky behaviors that may be considered against the law. This includes indulging in drug use, prostitution, or obscenity.
GRIGORY AESTHETIC THEORIES
Biomathematics
Biogeometry
Decadence
marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
“a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility”
Subjective
Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions
Precarious Balance
Precariously: If something is happening or positioned precariously, it's in danger. A glass could be precariously balanced on the edge of a table. If something is on the verge of danger, then the word precariously fits.
Semblance
Semblance is generally used to suggest a contrast between outward appearance and inner reality.
Phantasmagorical
Having a fantastic or deceptive appearance
adjective. having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination. having the appearance of an optical illusion, especially one produced by a magic lantern.
Law of Polarity in Relationships
In any successful relationship that has an intimate connection and sexual attraction, there is polarity. What does this mean exactly? Polarity in relationships is the spark that occurs between two opposing energies: masculine and feminine. Gender does not affect whether you have masculine or feminine energy.
Second Reflection
Burden Aesthetics with Intentions
The Second Reflection lays hold of the Technical Procedures
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Watch Out For Robots from Diversion TV on Vimeo.
In the worldwide BMX flatland scene it is common to see riders with similar styles and tricks. Every so often a trendy style will come along and result in copycat riders. Ultimately, being original or having your own style becomes one of the top priorities of most riders.
In the American scene the vast distances between riders creates a vast difference in riding styles. Being original is a goal and badge of honor for these riders. It can be an easy trap to fall for, to ride like someone else you admire. But be original. Be yourself. Don’t be a copycat. And, WATCH OUT FOR ROBOTS.
A film by Steven Lapsley featuring Lindsey Bode, Bobby Burge, Bobby Carter, Omari Cato, Joe Cicman, Mickey Gaidos, Pedro Melo and Art Thomason.
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