"Is she a philosopher?" litterateur? artist? Musicians? Or a filmmaker? It's hard to decide, but it's no exaggeration to give her any of these titles, as she was able to navigate each of these areas with ease in the 1960s. Unfortunately, despite her talents, such a strange woman has been burdened by fame all her life, and has always carried the fame of her predecessor, John Lennon, the soul of the "Beatles". ”
This is the media comment on Yoko Ono, who is more willing to call her John than the name Yoko Ono. Lennon's widow. For her, it was almost an indelible status symbol.
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That identity aside, she is really remembered because of an open letter she wrote to her critics in 2015.
This letter was once read by the famous actor Gui Yalei in the popular network program "See words as faces".
There is only one main idea expressed in the letter: don't attack me, let me be myself.
Being yourself was once the dream of countless people. However, under the public opinion of society, under the strong pressure of the minority obeying the majority, the majority finally abandoned the idea of being themselves.
And Yoko Ono, she has been herself all her life. In her old age, although she is still facing the world with an independent posture.
But under the wrapping of public opinion and criticism, she will also be afraid, she is afraid that one day, she will no longer have the posture of independence; she is afraid that one day, she will yield like most people; she is afraid that one day, her young heart will grow old.
Thus, this letter with a desire to be understood was born. You may ask: Why is Yoko Ono criticized? Why isn't she recognized by the mainstream?
When everyone is born, it is no different. But family circumstances and circumstances are crucial factors in determining who we become in the future.
Yoko Ono was born into a family of bankers in Tokyo, Japan, and grew up in a wealthy environment that led her to receive a very high-quality education from an early age.
Piano, painting, opera training, etc., are the artistic nutrients that Yoko Ono absorbed from an early age. When she grew up, she became the first woman to study philosophy at Tokyo Gakuin University.
At the age of 19, Yoko Ono's family immigrated to New York, which was also the beginning of the maverick side that inspired Yoko Ono.
At that time, the Western art circle was pursuing a new demand for rebellion and resistance. Yoko Ono, who has a keen sense of art since childhood, is also attracted by this different artistic concept.
Originally, she had an impulse to try it out, and when she met the classical music master John. From that moment on, Cage couldn't help but fall in love with performance art.
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Together, they created the Radical Wave School, but she did not like to be defined and bound by some label, and did not join the ranks of the Fluxus Sect.
In addition to performance art and musicians, many people are because of John. Lennon only then met Yoko Ono. But actually, in John. Before Lennon, Yoko Ono had a marriage.
Her first husband was the Japanese experimental musician Kei Yanagi, and after marrying Heragi, Yoko Ono's love of performance art reached the point of near infatuation.
Of all her performance art works, the most famous is Slices. In this work, she randomly selects several spectators to take to the stage and asks them to cut her clothes into pieces until she is completely naked.
During the performance, she hopes that everyone will not have any worries, just cut a postcard-sized piece of clothing, and the position of the cut is also arbitrary, and it is up to everyone who wants to cut which position.
This seemingly absurd behavior is actually testing people's true mentality, and what people think in their hearts will take away what kind of clothing fragments.
In the process, the compassionate person will pick an insignificant position to cut, while the curious person will cut the strap of her underwear.
I didn't understand the value of performance art before, but after watching Yoko Ono's "Slices", I seem to understand it a bit.
A simple interaction, a naked contrast, is actually just a reflection of the complexity and reality of human nature.
For Yoko Ono's performance art, people have always maintained a stark opposition, those who admire her think she is unique, and those who hate her think that she is just in the box.
Whatever the attitude of the outside world toward her actions, in her view, this is just the most authentic and feasible way to show humanity.
In Yoko Ono's life, the unusual path has always been with her. Whether it is work or life, she will always be the lone traveler who is opposed to ordinary people.
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Emotionally, Yoko Ono goes her own way. In getting to know John. When Lennon was in, it was the scene where she performed "Slices".
Han sitting in the audience watching. Lennon, at that time, was attracted to this sharp, unusual woman. At that time, both had families.
Still, they fell in love. Their love for each other also caused great pain to their partner at the time.
Many people still can't understand that women all over the world are for John. Lennon was fascinated, why did he just fall in love with Yoko Ono, who was not beautiful?
Faced with countless such problems, John. Lennon always went out of his way to reply: "I fell madly in love when I first saw her performing on stage." She was like a sexual cocktail that made me completely fallen. ”
There are many things in this world that cannot be understood. To a few mavericks, they seem disdainful of not being understood.
Apparently, John. Lennon and Yoko Ono fit well on this point. After marriage, they continued to pioneer their performance art in the form of husband and wife.
Yoko Ono and John. Lennon is best known for their performance art on their honeymoon. The two opened the hotel door and stayed in bed for seven days and seven nights, welcoming reporters to visit and interview at any time.
Such a bold act makes many people feel incredible, and the most criticized of them is Yoko Ono.
They believe that the appearance of Yoko Ono made John. Lennon has changed completely. The second year after marriage, John. Lennon and Paul McCartney accused each other of their wives for getting too involved in the band.
The stalemate between the two sides led to the band eventually facing dissolution. Since then, John. Lennon and Yoko Ono's marriage also had problems.
During this time, Yoko Ono, who experienced several miscarriages, was well aware of the situation in John. The position in Lennon's heart had changed.
So she made an even more incomprehensible decision to match her assistant with John. The love affair between Lennon.
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Yoko Ono seemed confident that John. Lennon's affair with his assistant would not last long. Sure enough, 18 months later, John. Lennon returned to her.
After the birth of the child also let John. Lennon's heart settled down, and the high-profile couple, after a short period of happy life for a family of three, misfortune also came.
That day, John. Lennon and Yoko Ono walked out of the studio as usual, expecting to go home to accompany their son, but the sudden gunshots ended it all.
John. Lennon collapsed in a pool of blood, and Yoko Ono collapsed and hugged him hysterically, but he left anyway.
Accident and tomorrow, never know which one comes first. This is the helplessness of all people who live in the world, as unique as Yoko Ono, and is no exception.
Although grief flows against the river, life does not stop at all because of your sorrow.
Yoko Ono, who is hurting, still has to fight forward. She continued her musical career and the creation of performance art.
Until she was in her 80s, she was still active on the screen, still as unique and arrogant as before.
She has a heart that is always young, and even though she is physically old, she still appears in front of the public in a low-cut suit, super shorts and black stockings.
Some questioned her music and talked about what she was wearing, but she continued to rebel against the social norms of this traditional definition with her actions.
The only difference between unique people and ordinary people is that between the two, one chooses to compromise and the other chooses to resist.
Whichever option we make, we can't avoid wandering in pain and struggle. Yoko Ono's pain is that she is worried that she will compromise, but she still wants to be herself.
So she wrote the letter to her critics, sincerely eager to be understood and stubbornly insisting on being herself. She wants people to feel her energy quietly or choose to shut up.