It's interesting to think about what subculture I would identify with as it's something I rarely do. Am I hip-hop? cyber punk? skate? the fact that I'm currently scrolling through the Wikipedia's list of subcultures signals to me that I really don't belong to any one.

 

When people think of subculture what comes to mind are groups of people that are united in how they think, behave and dress but are different from the mainstream. This manifests in characteristics that defines the group; emo's wear black, punks have piercings, hipsters have beards. Whatever defines the group, in many ways choosing to participate is a form of conforming to a set of norm's. Although different from mainstream culture, homogenous within its own cluster. A multitude of subcultures, both past and present, greatly influences my identity today but none fully encapsulates how I define myself. 

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Rather I belong to a community of what I would call "creatives". Within this large umbrella term of artists, designers, writers etc, I believe it grants it's members the freedom to express the many facets that make up individuality without the pressures of specificity. Technological advancements over the last two decades have also made access to information relatively instantaneous and I would arguably say makes it harder to stick to one ideology, aesthetic or set of behavioural norms due to the rate at which we are exposed to new ideas. Even within today's subcultures, nothing is concrete and ideas are continuously being exchanged, hybridized and sometimes die to be replaced by others. In this sense, it becomes a rather regressive and stagnating task to confine oneself within a singular identity, one that has an inevitably short expiry date.