The Photography Crib of Tobin Russell is Studio TYTE.
What the hell does that mean?
My mother wants to know too.
I have just moved into a new studio in NE Minneapolis. I named it TYTE. The following is a transcript of an email exchange with my mother who - along with countless other people no doubt - is confused as to exactly what it all means.
HAB: PS Dumb question but what do the T.Y.T.E stand for and is it referred to in sound as tight?
TRB: Yes, one of my three lucky cats (with moving arm) oversees the proceedings of the studio,
the studio acronym is from back in NY - in regards to playing by your own rules
rather than the rules of the dominant paradigm:
D P T G
O L H A
N A A M
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T Y T E
It's a end-letter acronym for "Don't play that game."
HAB: What is the meaning of Don't Play That Game? i.e What game?
TRB: "The game" is the dominant paradigm of dysfunction running throughour society. The one that colonizes us economically. The one thatlets corporate charter be the rule of law. That's the game. And lots of people get 'played' by the game.
More and more the corporate state becomes effective in its functional dysfunction - at screwing
up the lives of us, it's subjects, and the planet, it's host.
My suggestion, via TYTE, is to create your own game - and create your own criteria and force the dominant paradigm to play on your court -it's the only chance progressive ideas have.
Look at Obama. He's a perfect example. He plays the game HE wants to play - he mentions Reagan and the left goes wild,but if you read the quote he's just talking ABOUT Reagan - about how Reagan reflected the culmination of a widespread sentiment in America. However right or wrong that sentiment was his analysis is correct. Doesn't mean he loves Reagan, but it does mean he hooked some big fish.
Look at the result - he sends out this key word and Bill Clinton, Krugman (who's usually judicious) and others jump all over him like he's worshiping the devil.
What is the net effect? Obama gets HUGE street cred with 70% of the country that HATES the New York Times and the other 40% who hate Bill Clinton. It was at this point I became confident Obama would take the nomination.
By doing nothing wrong, Obama in a single statement made an enemy out of what is known as the "liberal establishment."
So, as the saying goes, "The enemy of my enemy is probably my friend." If Obama is in the shitcan with the NYT - he's in good with a HUGE middle demographic of America. Even Rush Limbaugh would have a hard time talking smack about a guy being attacked
by the NYT. And it's well known - they love Hillary. She IS the establishment.
Obama is playing it T.Y.T.E. And, frankly, Black America is adept at crafting it's own game, because the dominant paradigm has been actively working against American Blacks for 350 years.
You best learn to play a different game when you're in that situation.
This is the point, a couple of weeks ago, that I realized he would win the Democratic nomination: His strategy is impeccable.
He sends signals, without claiming them as dogma. He inspires, and he lands 50 point leads in states that vote Republican every time.
He's not playing the game of sanctimonious, politically correct, dogmatic Democratic preaching - he's showing flexibility instead of dogma. That is NOT the party game - it's his game. And I'm sure if you could get a candid answer from him about which game he'd rather be playing - timid, afraid of the Right, corporate henchmen (the current Democratic game of demure defeatism) - or aggressive, inspiring and unafraid (his game) - he'd much rather be playing HIS game. Because it works.
I appreciate these kinds of questions - they clarify - and they seem to give me good content for the Publisher's blog at Creditland.
And since I'm this deep into politics: The greatest gift to John McCain's presidential win, would be the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, the one person who can get out the 'don't elect Hillary' vote. The 'don't elect Obama' camp just doesn't have the same vigor. It might just steal lots of McCain votes.
