Quality, not quantity.
Purpose, not randomness.
Curiosity, not repetition.
Action, not idleness.
Art, not fashion.
Substance, not appearance.
Boldness, not safety.
Reality, not idealism.
Positive assertion, not opposition.
Thoughtful expression, not social propaganda.
Open communication, not paranoid cloistering.
Syncretic provisionalism, not secular dogma.
Unpopular truths, not pleasant lies.
Music
Beethoven,
Black Flag,
Black Sabbath,
Brahms,
Burzum,
Chopin,
CocoRosie,
Darkthrone,
D.R.I.,
Emperor,
Goethes Erben,
Gorgoroth,
Immortal,
Kraftwerk,
Minor Threat,
Misfits,
Morbid Angel,
Mozart,
Nine Inch Nails,
Nirvana,
Pixies,
Radiohead,
Schubert,
Schumann,
Skyforger,
Slayer,
Wolfsheim
Movies
Det Sjunde inseglet,
Smultronstället,
À Bout de souffle,
Waking Life,
La Planète Sauvage
Television
Watch your life go by
Books
Meditations (Aurelius),
ABC of Reading (Pound),
Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims (Schopenhauer),
Genealogy of Morals (Nietzsche),
Industrial Society and Its Future (Kaczynski),
Reflections on Violence (Sorel),
Brave New World (Huxley),
Revolt Against the Modern World (Evola),
A Pattern Language (Alexander),
Gorgias (Plato),
The Republic (Plato),
The Technological Society (Ellul),
Discipline and Punish (Foucault)
Heroes
Harrison Bergeron, Brigitte Bardot,
Jacqueline du Pré,
Thor Heyerdahl, Giordano Bruno, Rémi Gaillard, Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad, Hypatia of Alexandria, Loki
Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill will, and selfishness -- all of them due to the offenders' ignorance of what is good or evil. But for my part I have long perceived the nature of good and its nobility, the nature of evil and its meanness, and also the nature of the culprit himself, who is my brother; therefore none of those things can injure me, for nobody can implicate me in what is degrading.
About me: I am an esoteric syncretic eclecticist with an excess of energy, desire, and inspiration unhesitatingly unleashed on passionate hopes and dreams. I am a dexterous multi-form articulator and a mirror of everything wonderful and monstrous you show me. I accept you as you are (as you could not be otherwise) and appreciate the fullness of our time and attempts in this small shared speck of eternity. I like doing things big and small and find pleasure in intelligent action as well as naturalistic rites and simple labor. I will tell you everything and am unafraid of truth, whether wonderful, uncertain, or unpleasant -- you are welcome to touch the rawness without needing to hide behind a second face. I am durable but beg you to please not squander me. I cannot be offended; any attempts to "shock" will only succeed in boring me. I am curious about all things and effortlessly dissemble systems into their constituent parts, identify systemic interconnections, and uniquely reassemble the devil's work. I am equally comfortable in the first and third worlds and travel anywhere if there is a purpose. I laugh freely and often, perhaps last also.
What is off limits? Nothing that seems a good idea. Much is possible, all is permitted.
Join me for total victory!
Reality Über Alles:
Your illusions, fears, and paranoias are personal errors of perception and perspective. You are your own jailer and government hired torturer.
What is really here? This is easily answered after you remove your entangling assumptions.
Turn Ons: Timelessness, blood oaths, wild salmon, dignity, metaphors, feral minds, laughter, trust, transcendence, uninhibition, kindness, provisionalism, tuning out, limitlessness, unconventional conversationalism, eloping, daring, anti-suicide pacts, dredging, waking up next to an angel, haleem, minimalism, excess, relentless unconditional love, purposefulness, forest berries, nobility, essentiality, quality writing utensils, multilingual pillow talk, abstraction, jaywalking, self-awareness, hard cover books, enthusiasm, good posture, correcting and being correct, tenderness, fast driving, hallucinations, accidental chastity, creativity, action, direct honesty, non-pharmaceutical seduction, Princess Madeleine, reckless passion, fluidity, sweet little things, independence (I will give everything to someone who appreciates but does not depend on me. We all must live -- comme compagnons, pas des esclaves -- tu n'es pas d'accord, mon ami?)
Playfulness, curiosity, ambition, a pretty nose.
Turn Offs: Noise, passive aggression, psychic vampires, physical zombies, literalism, inferiority, most rapists, tanning, dogmatism, habits, academics, slow walkers, economic based decisions, burglars, superfluous tattoos, overcrowding and traffic, self-flagellation, needless complexity, habits, mosquitoes, lack of artistry, safety, fear, virtuality, slaves, robots, beaten down spirits, cancer, wastefulness (of self, others, time, objects, possibility)
Relenting.
Who I'd like to meet: Fallen angels, intelligent life on planet earth, Gulf of Tonkin revisionists, dissidents, enablers, a lover,
a muse, a soulmate, others who are infinite, revolutionary aspirants, heretics, normaliens, Theosophists, Radical Traditionalists, fearless naturalists, anyone accused of war crimes, dreamers, deft deconstructors who can see what is possible, genius supermodels, sovereign citizens, anyone who speaks the forbidden and openly laughs at taboo, secret aristocracy, people comfortable with silence, folklorists, unrestrained spirits, people who do what is necessary instead of what is easy, those able to stop the whole age at the gate and demand an accounting.
A kind and daring companion.
Who I Wouldn't Like to Meet: Conventionalists, complainers, moralists, burnouts, resigners, das Lumpenproletariat, the oversocialized, the complacent, the busy (operose nihil agunt), the ill-constituted, the spectators of life.
Timid robots.
I Don't Want:
Please no babble about the entertainment products you are consuming and the distractions you choose for self-paralysis. Tell me instead what you think about, what you dream of, what you do, what inspires you, what your necessity is to the world.
War is good, AIDS is good, mass murder is good, gang violence is good, crack cocaine is good. Anything that contributes to depopulating the earth is good.
On Democracy:
"No necessity to be governor there," said I, "even if you are fit for it, no need to be ruled if you don't like it; you need not go to war if they fight, you need not keep the peace if others keep it, unless you desire peace; if a law forbids you to be a magistrate or a judge, you may be a magistrate and judge all the same if you take it into your head -- what a lovely, heavenly life, while it lasts!"
"Yes, while it lasts."
"Toleration! No worrying in democracy about a trifle! What contempt of the solemn proclamations we made in founding our city, that no one could become a good man unless he had a superlative nature -- unless from a boy he should play among beautiful things and study beautiful practices! How magnificently it tramples all this underfoot, and cares nothing what he practices before entering and living political life, but gives him honour if he only says he is loyal to the people!"
- Plato, The Republic, VIII
Democracy: everyone should have an equal opportunity to obstruct everybody else.
The body is nothing. The soul is everything.
"We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies."
I wish you a happy trajectory and hope we can intersect sometime.
Apostatus Maximus (efferus)'s Friend Space (Top 36)
Many people want "One World", "No Borders", "Unfettered Migrations". Paradoxically these same people want "Controlled Speech", "Controlled Internet", "Controlled Hiring Practices".
There seems to be a schizophrenic split between the desire for absolute freedom to do whatever you want in your personal life, and absolute control over others who might use their freedom to express an independent idea, make an honest social criticism, or choose differently than oneself.
The only things these strange views have in common are uncompromising selfishness and serf rebellion.
As a lifelong observer of the Pakistani struggle for autonomy, my thoughts of Benazir Bhutto are brutal, honest, and accurate: she is a lackey for the selfish mass of people who want to adopt Western style reforms under the guise of "democracy" but really seek to enrich themselves materially at the expense of the spiritual and cultural life of the country.
As a Pakistani who does not want my country to follow the path of the United States into slovenly decadence, nor the Soviet Union into dogma and misery, I would prefer a traditional solution because it escapes all of these problems. Benazir Bhutto opposed such a solution and pompously insisted that her own way was "morally superior" to other ways, even though she was aware of the decay and perversity and corruption it brings.
Dear Americans, not all of us want to follow you on your path to doom. Your future is like a bag of candy, in that it is so tempting now, and will feel good for awhile, but when the candy is gone, it is an empty bag blowing in the wind and we wish we had eaten a real lunch so we have energy to do what is right. I am glad Benazir Bhutto is out of politics and, if it took her death to do that, I am glad she is dead.
I read this quote today and HAD to share it with you.
"I did lots of things. I was a pianist, but not quite good enough to get a music scholarship; an athlete, but I didn't play a varsity sport; smart, but not smart enough to get an academic scholarship. So competing in the Miss America program was an opportunity to get a scholarship for school."
