"The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend.''
Aldous Huxley [1894 - 1963]
'In the long
run a society based on greed - profit - power will end up in technocratic fascism
of well-fed and well amused automotons, eventually in nuclear war.
There is only one alternative to catastrophe: a fundamental change from having
hoarding or marketing consuming to being, which manifests itself in the joy of
productive activity, sharing and loving. Such a "conversion" must be accompanied
by a fundamental transformation into a society for which the perfection of
man, not maximal consumption, is the supreme goal: a society of Being.' -Erich Fromm [1900 - 1980]
Music
Musique véritablement fertile, la seule sorte qui nous déplacera, que nous vraiment apprécierons, serons une musique favorisant le rêve, qui banit toutes les raison et analyse. On ne doit pas souhaiter d'abord comprendre et puis se sentir. L'art ne tolère pas la raison. - Albert Camus [1913 - 1960]
Movies
Television
We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in the social, our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial coziness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful parade of television pictures.
Jean Baudrillard [1929 - 2007]
Books
Heroes
RADIOHEAD "2 + 2 = 5" Hail to the Thief 2003
The Mamas & the Papas "Straight Shooter" If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears 1966
I love your myspace times ∞. Also, I need to get your input on recent political developments in America if you have been upto date with facts. Hearing your general opinion is always stimulating as well! TTYL! -justin
