Great read. I feel like your perspective of being deeply earnest can be well described by the mid-curve in the bell curve meme. Too attached to the process and desired outcome.
In my view, fear and trauma can only occur through attachment to meaning. Living in the upside-down/The Great Unravelling, you have to cross a threshold where you must divorce yourself from "reality" in order to survive. We can then use optimism and imagination to build our own more reliable structures.
The human race seem to be headed for extinction, but individuals have always had to choose how they want to travel down that road to hell. Humor has always been the most effective tool to employ against the seemingly relentless cruel stupidity of the world. But once you've done that, what next?
The only worthwhile goal is found in day tight compartments based on connection with a higher power, "the universe", or otherwise known as your inner-voice, leading you to the next frontier. Be useful. Love and serve people, and trust in the universe, even as it continues to cave in on itself.
Makes me think of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in “The Evolving Self” talking about creating little games as a way to keep the mundane fresh and our minds engaged to continue to find new flow. He argues we do this naturally.
I'm reminded of this video where a young girl talks about the disappointments of string theory while speed running a video game. I think newer generations are much more comfortable splitting attention like this. Of course there is a difference between doing one thing + thinking two things about your action and doing two things at once. But sometimes the juxtaposition of two things you are doing reveals two ways of thinking about each one.
Great read. I feel like your perspective of being deeply earnest can be well described by the mid-curve in the bell curve meme. Too attached to the process and desired outcome.
In my view, fear and trauma can only occur through attachment to meaning. Living in the upside-down/The Great Unravelling, you have to cross a threshold where you must divorce yourself from "reality" in order to survive. We can then use optimism and imagination to build our own more reliable structures.
The human race seem to be headed for extinction, but individuals have always had to choose how they want to travel down that road to hell. Humor has always been the most effective tool to employ against the seemingly relentless cruel stupidity of the world. But once you've done that, what next?
The only worthwhile goal is found in day tight compartments based on connection with a higher power, "the universe", or otherwise known as your inner-voice, leading you to the next frontier. Be useful. Love and serve people, and trust in the universe, even as it continues to cave in on itself.
hmm. micro-serendipity.
anyway, chopping vegetables seems to relate to here, about removal of ornament to become "less primitive"
https://cultureuncurled.substack.com/p/architecture-in-the-age-of-now?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#:~:text=cultural%20evolution%20is%20equivalent%20to%20the%20removal%20of%20ornament%20from%20articles%20in%20daily%20use
Makes me think of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in “The Evolving Self” talking about creating little games as a way to keep the mundane fresh and our minds engaged to continue to find new flow. He argues we do this naturally.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/671811
Here’s to surrealism!
Brought “Life is beautiful” to mind.
I'm reminded of this video where a young girl talks about the disappointments of string theory while speed running a video game. I think newer generations are much more comfortable splitting attention like this. Of course there is a difference between doing one thing + thinking two things about your action and doing two things at once. But sometimes the juxtaposition of two things you are doing reveals two ways of thinking about each one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kya_LXa_y1E