Camp, I believe, is taking refuge in audacity. As I like to put it, there are nine states of mind a person can have, and camp is one of them. The mindsets are exactly like character alignments in tabletop RPGs. There are the morals: good, neutral, and evil. Then there are the ethics: lawful, neutral, and chaotic. Lawful good is a paladin, while chaotic evil are the old kind of villains we so rarely see these days.
Personality-wise, I propose the following sets. Sanity, neutrality, madness. Aware, doubting, unaware. Most people are doubting sanity. Camp people such as Lady Gaga, Oscar Wilde, and myself are Full Aware Madness. We are insane, we are aware of it, and we do not try to hide it. That is what gives rise to camp.
Alternatively, there are mindsets. The most stable mindset is being insane and knowing it, because you'll completely lose it if you are doubting your own sanity.
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Personality-wise, I propose the following sets. Sanity, neutrality, madness. Aware, doubting, unaware. Most people are doubting sanity. Camp people such as Lady Gaga, Oscar Wilde, and myself are Full Aware Madness. We are insane, we are aware of it, and we do not try to hide it. That is what gives rise to camp.
Alternatively, there are mindsets. The most stable mindset is being insane and knowing it, because you'll completely lose it if you are doubting your own sanity.
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So, do rule out rational adoption of camp as as strategy? LDL
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing is, that is the rational adoption of camp as a strategy.
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