"Trendsetter", oil on canvas 18x24"
But, seriously, is art worth it?
Everybody's an artist.
Friday, November 13, 2015
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Friday, May 1, 2015
What do you make?
An old journal of mine reads:
We don't make and spend money.
We make jealousy and spend guilt.
Latest painting:
"Rescue Me"
Permanent eternal joy, friendship, health, wealth, peace, and happiness.
We don't make and spend money.
We make jealousy and spend guilt.
Latest painting:
"Rescue Me"
Permanent eternal joy, friendship, health, wealth, peace, and happiness.
Friday, April 17, 2015
I haven't got time for books...
It seems everybody and their brother is writing a book.
I haven't got time for books.
I haven't got time for books.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
what's actually happening
Imagine your eyes were a digital camera.
At all waking time, you are constantly filming a movie.
This occurs so rapidly, that reality appears real.
Now consider instagram.
If you were to share your entire life, it would run like a movie.
One photograph is a freeze frame.
Who cares if people like your photo? - it is important to you alone.
That makes up your perception and perspective.
Hashtags are simply a node in the collective consciousness.
They are like magnetic points attracting likes and dislikes.
I am reminded of the first movie of a horse running:
Before film, people did not have the ability to notice the running horse's legs.
The granulation of perception is happening.
Someday there will be a database of all lives and all their movies.
Isn't the brain a wonderful thing?
At all waking time, you are constantly filming a movie.
This occurs so rapidly, that reality appears real.
Now consider instagram.
If you were to share your entire life, it would run like a movie.
One photograph is a freeze frame.
Who cares if people like your photo? - it is important to you alone.
That makes up your perception and perspective.
Hashtags are simply a node in the collective consciousness.
They are like magnetic points attracting likes and dislikes.
I am reminded of the first movie of a horse running:
The granulation of perception is happening.
Someday there will be a database of all lives and all their movies.
Isn't the brain a wonderful thing?
Monday, March 30, 2015
Is it fair?
Is it fair for someone to make fun of money if they don't have a lot of it?
Is it fair for someone to make fun of religion if they don't believe anything?
Is it fair for someone to make fun of sexual intercourse if they feel they no longer need/want it?
YES!
That defines the court jester. Everyone is a comedian these days in some way or another.
Is it fair for someone to make fun of religion if they don't believe anything?
Is it fair for someone to make fun of sexual intercourse if they feel they no longer need/want it?
YES!
That defines the court jester. Everyone is a comedian these days in some way or another.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
The Certainty Principle
16x20
My impression of racism as a problem. Nothing in this world is black and white.
Brass in pocket
So, I've got a little spending money.
I could consume, give to a worthy charity, or save.
All my options are the opposite of denialism.
Because I don't have children, I don't get a tax break. Kind of like being paid to procreate.
What this leads to is a life like in 'The Hunger Games', or 'Divergent', or 'Ender's Game' or 'The Giver.'
It seems fact is just catching up with fiction - the futuristic world of 'Brazil' is now within the scope of reality. Where terrorists attack innocents and repairs are done best by professionals.
My computer is my little window on the world. It is optional if I participate.
Or I could live a life of denial - hence denialism is the new framework for rebellion.
Whether I am too old to care, or cannot afford financially my participation in the great economy, I am forced to care.
No longer can I just let life pass me by. I am forced to care lest I deny my existence.
The end.
I could consume, give to a worthy charity, or save.
All my options are the opposite of denialism.
Because I don't have children, I don't get a tax break. Kind of like being paid to procreate.
What this leads to is a life like in 'The Hunger Games', or 'Divergent', or 'Ender's Game' or 'The Giver.'
It seems fact is just catching up with fiction - the futuristic world of 'Brazil' is now within the scope of reality. Where terrorists attack innocents and repairs are done best by professionals.
My computer is my little window on the world. It is optional if I participate.
Or I could live a life of denial - hence denialism is the new framework for rebellion.
Whether I am too old to care, or cannot afford financially my participation in the great economy, I am forced to care.
No longer can I just let life pass me by. I am forced to care lest I deny my existence.
The end.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Philosophy and Religion
Philosophy gives a man a pair of comfortable shoes...
Religion makes a man walk.
Religion makes a man walk.
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Whatever we do...
Whatever we do filters down to our children.
If we teach them to say no to drugs, chances are they will eventually try them.
If we hit one another physically, chances are they will try the same behavior.
I may believe I am lost at sea, and I don't affect children in any way,
but there are those who teach on recess rather than in class.
The teacher may have a structured classroom.
One with many desks, and a chalkboard.
But what about the class clowns?
The audience may line up, buy a ticket, and sit in an auditorium.
---expecting to be entertained by what happens on stage.
---expecting to laugh, cry, and applaud.
A person may go to a therapist, and get healed - however unlikely.
It is the person who heals himself. Therapy comes from within. Healing is drawn out by one's surroundings. It can never be imposed by force.
So, is the main problem of life how to teach correctly?
The rules and regulations our ancestor's devised?
Or do we write our own rules regardless of the powers that be?
We are at once the ones doing and the ones done.
Every moment counts, yet matters not at all - that is the paradox of life.
Are you going to go silently or kicking and screaming? Whatever you do, do it wisely, and remember the children are listening.
If we teach them to say no to drugs, chances are they will eventually try them.
If we hit one another physically, chances are they will try the same behavior.
I may believe I am lost at sea, and I don't affect children in any way,
but there are those who teach on recess rather than in class.
The teacher may have a structured classroom.
One with many desks, and a chalkboard.
But what about the class clowns?
The audience may line up, buy a ticket, and sit in an auditorium.
---expecting to be entertained by what happens on stage.
---expecting to laugh, cry, and applaud.
A person may go to a therapist, and get healed - however unlikely.
It is the person who heals himself. Therapy comes from within. Healing is drawn out by one's surroundings. It can never be imposed by force.
So, is the main problem of life how to teach correctly?
The rules and regulations our ancestor's devised?
Or do we write our own rules regardless of the powers that be?
We are at once the ones doing and the ones done.
Every moment counts, yet matters not at all - that is the paradox of life.
Are you going to go silently or kicking and screaming? Whatever you do, do it wisely, and remember the children are listening.
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