Tanned bodies used to be associated with health, muscular motion, exercise, outdoors activities and a vital way of life.
Nowadays, it’s usually the opposite. A tan (especially if it’s artificial) is associated with decadence, decay and death drive; a way to celebrate passivity until the point of scorching, and the longed for cellular changes of inevitability.
Fried fat sizzlers… To be seen (or, rather, to be watched) as an affluent pork chop has become the desired norm. The sun is our benefactor, but one that slowly kills its devotees.
Without a doubt, solar suicide has to do with the insight that time is actually up for us human bugs. While we wait for the end, let’s play-act that everything’s fine and as it used to be. And yes, the sun is shining. What a beautiful day!
