The Art of Autobiography: Earl Sweatshirt’s “Grief”
On
Earl Sweatshirt’s “Grief”, Earl summons old and recent demons for a chance at
progress. In
the age of the smart phone–of social media, and of the “self-ie”, we’ve made it
harder to be with people. We know this, and yet it seems like people don’t
care–or at least unable to. The Internet, social networks, and bios have given
us a way to become, instead of becoming. Instead of moving toward each other, we
move away–picture by picture, arbitrary post by arbitrary post.