I think it is safe to say that I am of above average intelligence. That is to say, my thinking capacity is fairly well developed. I know a thing or two about a lot of things, and I know a lot about one or two things. However, I have a habit of intentionally remaining ignorant about certain things. Post-Modernism is one of those things. I don't know what it means when someone says something is "postmodern," and I don't care because I figure anyone who uses that term is just bullshitting. When I think of postmodernism I think of people I have known in school who were able to write papers about things they knew nothing about and get away with it. These are the kinds of people who remain in school and eventually get paid to blather on about things they don't understand, except that by the time they reach that point they have a lot invested in believing that they actually understand the subject at hand when they are still, as always, completely full of shit. I was listening to a radio interview the other day, and for the sake of the discussion, somebody offered up a passing definition of postmodernism. The concise nature of this definition made it stick with me. It made me think of that guy. Jackson Pollock and his splatter paintings.

Postmodernism: Process before Product.

I had to realize. A lot of the art I do kind of falls under this definition. Certainly the freestyle jam thing. I pick up a guitar and I let the spirit move me as it will, and if it felt good while I did it I call it art and if it didn't feel good - well then I can it for a while and maybe come back to it later to see if it was good after all.

I don't like to hold Process over Product when I have a choice. I think it is incredible that Mozart wrote his music without any hesitation, as if it was channeled through his pen directly from on high. It is an interesting process to contemplate. However, I think Beethoven's music is more beautiful. I don't care how he made it.

Unfortunately, I don't have the requisite distance from my own work to positively differentiate how I feel about a given work and how I feel about the process that went into making it. I was drinking all day Friday. I went a little crazy. I recorded a song. Then I recorded some percussion for it while I was naked. I videotaped that. It was fun.