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what is "la vie bohème" you ask? well, wikipedia (do people still use webster’s dictionaries?) states “bohemians are associated with unorthodox or antiestablishment political or social viewpoints, which were often expressed through non-marital sexual relations, frugality, and/or voluntary poverty." what??!
essentially it is just about living beyond convention.
as much as i hate labels and struggle to free myself from them, “bohemian” is one i can’t help but accept … gladly. see here’s why:
“bohemia is an atmosphere, a way of life, a state of mind. it’s a backlash against the bourgeois, mass market, easy access culture. it’s the apolitical freedom of ideas, clothing and behaviors gently outside the norm.
bohemians cross cultures and integrate mantras, philosophies, substances and clothing seamlessly into everyday life. bohemians despise authority, the status quo and, because they are often broke, capitalism and consumerism.
bohemians revolt against dress codes, the circadian clock, business hours, temperance, established mores, politics, the conventional idea of a work ethic and traditional living arrangements.
bohemians see all rules and most laws as an infringement of their personal freedom. bohemians have the courage to follow an ideal and forsake security; to alienate family and friends; to be, as jack kerouac put it, “yourself at whatever cost”. bohemians have the moral courage to wrestle with self-doubt, take risks, revolutionize, dismantle and shock, to embrace estrangement, controversy and poverty.
bohemians are spiritually lustful, loathe labor but love pleasure and excess. bohemians are free spirits who believe in freedom of expression.“
thank you laren stover for articulating this and writing the “bohemian manifesto”.
see i’ve been a closet bohemian my whole life and it is time for me to finally walk my talk. so in celebration of me coming out of the closet and embracing my bohemian self i am changing my blog title to "la vie bohème".
essentially it is just about living beyond convention.
as much as i hate labels and struggle to free myself from them, “bohemian” is one i can’t help but accept … gladly. see here’s why:
“bohemia is an atmosphere, a way of life, a state of mind. it’s a backlash against the bourgeois, mass market, easy access culture. it’s the apolitical freedom of ideas, clothing and behaviors gently outside the norm.
bohemians cross cultures and integrate mantras, philosophies, substances and clothing seamlessly into everyday life. bohemians despise authority, the status quo and, because they are often broke, capitalism and consumerism.
bohemians revolt against dress codes, the circadian clock, business hours, temperance, established mores, politics, the conventional idea of a work ethic and traditional living arrangements.
bohemians see all rules and most laws as an infringement of their personal freedom. bohemians have the courage to follow an ideal and forsake security; to alienate family and friends; to be, as jack kerouac put it, “yourself at whatever cost”. bohemians have the moral courage to wrestle with self-doubt, take risks, revolutionize, dismantle and shock, to embrace estrangement, controversy and poverty.
bohemians are spiritually lustful, loathe labor but love pleasure and excess. bohemians are free spirits who believe in freedom of expression.“
thank you laren stover for articulating this and writing the “bohemian manifesto”.
see i’ve been a closet bohemian my whole life and it is time for me to finally walk my talk. so in celebration of me coming out of the closet and embracing my bohemian self i am changing my blog title to "la vie bohème".
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