The Bob Dylan Factor
Perfect imperfection. Oxymoron? You decide, but first consider something we like to call the Bob Dylan factor.
Dylan has been booed off stage more time then he (or probably anyone for that matter) cares to remember. Who cannot remember his infamous apperance on the acadamy awards some years ago. It kind of left everyone, well, kind of numb for lack of better descritive term.
Yet, is that not why Bob is so much loved? The fact is, we love inconsistency. That’s the way great art should be. Inconsistant. The Velvet Underground would sometimes play a song for 2 minutes or 30 minutes depending on how they felt that night. When Bob is “on” he leaves the audience in a state of awe that only a handful of artists can only dream off. When he is “off” he really is “off”. No apologies.
Art cannot always be great, for artists themselves are imperfect. Yet, it’s that imperfection that creates inconsistant perfection. But that kind of sounds pretenious, so lets just call it the Bob Bylan factor. So the next time you listen to Bob, celebrate the beutiful and perfect inconsistancy of art. Stay original… it’s beutifully inconsistant.
