2017
There must be an edge… otherwise it’s difficult to catch on to the essence (ideas, products, everything)
Limitations are an amplifier of creative power, not only on the part of the creator but also on the part of the consumer.
Always be aware of the limits and edges everywhere.
Just as DNA directs the essence of an object’s physical development, the cultural code with which an individual is programmed determines their destiny or the destiny of a whole group. A barbaric cultural code leads to decay and suffering. The brain can reprogram itself with other, better codes; a clean ‘freedom’ environment helps reprogram bad elements faster.
This is good design, good taste. See, the first thing is the function of the product, no fancy stuff; it is simple. Principles? Minimalism, focus on people’s comfort to use, a lot of attention to all the details and their harmony, how they resonate together, those little color parts…
There is a nice visual style cinema related to that kind of aesthetic I’d recommend to watch, Play Time – a 1967 film directed by Jacques Tati.
Jazz can be not only vintage and classic (78rpm.archive.org collection, for example) and also purely modern (a radio stream link to check). Not jazzy beats, not barely listenable pseudo-intellectual avant-garde, – real jazz as we used to get it, but modern. The first thing that comes to mind is a straight beat there, more solid, bright groove, but still a lot of sax/piano improvisations come as the main ingredient though.
Artist, painter, musician… Your job is not only to create but also to suffer, to gain a perspective from all angles of existence, to tell the truths of life. A glamorous creator evokes a feeling of deep repugnance… as much as any money-grubbing idiot does; what can they truly tell the world, what benefits can they bring? Showy luxury seems like a thing of resentment to me, both in terms of input and output
Personally, I feel okay and am thankful to fate for various hard trials, including the lack of fame. It gives me more strength to work harder, to remain original and true, and to live a happier, deeper, more balanced life.
Such activity as music does not necessarily mean the scope of market needs, often it is just a hobby, “a talk with god”, but it happens that people manipulate it to gain sales. Anyway, the market is just a representation of people’s needs. The monetary system as we have it today is evil and very inefficient, one day we will obsolete it in favor of other open exchange formats, but still, as long as we see music to be a product to fill needs, it can be distributed in different ways.
Remember simple formula: bad music is music that was made without pure audio pleasure inspiration.
Be ready to lose everything. Nothing physical truly belongs to us; it’s all just temporary rent. Only your mind and your time are yours
A new phenomenon of the “post-Internet” era – hypertrophied mass consciousness, mass psychosis, deliberately fueled hysteria
Politics today is a crap zone, smart goes to art or science, mid-range minds go to politics mostly; typically – activists, cops, fat money-makers… you will rarely meet genius people there, but usually just some lucky mediocre. Don’t mind exceptions, of course.
Sure that’s got reasons behind it, today’s politics seems to be a dull field full of dirt to sort through.
But it would be great if we could somehow direct the best minds there, because so many things depend on politics, including phenomenons of masses manipulation, big resources delegation, laws making, etc.
People who throw dirt criticism on everything are usually self-affirming …. but it’s a bad tone, an unfaithful approach.
Be beautiful and accurate, discuss/criticize carefully, clearly expressing understanding and openness to the other sides that may be unknown or misunderstood to you.
Anything else, don’t blindly pour buckets of criticism, but try to understand the essence and talk about it from all sides.
Let’s take an example, while being on a side of blind self-affirming critics, it is most convenient to take a “pose” and call today’s AI chatbots a bullshit product, but it is more correct to take both sides dialectically and in addition mention that “Well, guys have created an interesting technology: in general, the results are worthy of attention, but yes it’s still quite young, and there is much excessive mass psychosis around it, empty hype, and the technology is still far from anything revolutionary” – just as an example
Of course there are cases where nothing but bad things can be said, but still, watch your tone of criticism.
If I’m tired of work – sleep and quality books, maybe a good wise blog or music, or a quiet walk, or a lunch of simple foods like vegetables and cereals, these are the things that really help. Especially sleep and rest, just lying down and doing nothing, – such a rest provides so much energy… just do nothing, absolutely nothing. And no no no to any mass media or social networks, no to news, no sugar, especially no drugs, all that shit only makes things worse.
There is no justice in the world and don’t try to wait for it, sometimes the worst scumbags get everything and the best people suffer, be prepared for the worst, be ready for the fight to get that justice by yourself, nature is not giving it as a served dish by default.
And by the way, suffering in itself is not so bad, it develops us. Stagnation, stupidity and insolence – these are the really bad things.
Act according to the situation and honestly, so that for the better and not just for the better from your stupidity.
Objective quality criteria is the measure.
Some knowledge, while factually correct, is essentially useless.
For example, do I really need to know all that wide range of small political facts? Some information is not needed.
Of course it’s good to know everything, but what about the capacity of the receiver? Our memory and emotional battery ain’t infinitely elastic. That’s why I don’t spend time reading newspapers and social networks, only the best quality essentials and in very little amount.
Also, imagination, emptiness… so important for the mind, let it be.
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