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Nothing to choose: only new ways to lose; learn to sing the blues retweeting evening news. And in the end, the ruse? That life’s a pleasure cruise and not a dog that chews through everything of use; that every cut and bruise and all your worn-out shoes will be sufficient dues to get you passage through.
Your words can live forever cast out in the virtual plane. They truly are immortal now, and the internet’s to blame. No matter your intentions or the crowd you thought to reach, your thoughts will be interpreted and stretched until they reach the few who you expected, several more who understand, a couple dozen converts,…
There is no plan of study, no readiness assessment, no work at tilling fertile soil in preparation for it; enlightenment just happens, like a sudden strike of lightning. There’s no way to see it coming, nor a warning bell that sounds. There is no path toward it, no life of worthy action, no certain way…
There is no religion for the whole of “god”, just some small and all-too-human scraps. We are not equipped to know the universe, nor much more than we hold in our laps. There is nothing that is end-all, be-all that we can imagine. Only fools seek a formula that folds it all in; we know…
We either seek to view the world today through some past generation’s worn and tired lens, or try to filter what is past and gone with some new, modern sensibility. In either case, the picture loses sense; we only see with skewed perception what we like: a world that suits our purposes as is, or…
Do without doing, make something from nothing; recycle, repurpose, revise on and conquer. Gather resources, interpret instructions; imagine assembly as other-directed. Practice inclusion, leave nothing untended; let symmetry guide you off-balance at times. Do, or do not do, remake while unmaking; there is no old recipe for what is baking. Music and dancing, bring drums…
Don’t preach me religion like there’s something you can prove; being good at treading water doesn’t mean you can move. Don’t preach me politics from the safety of the status quo; saying that you understand doesn’t mean that you know. Don’t preach me civic pride like I don’t know much history; acting like the bigger…