Thursday, 9 December 2010

Projected personality - A little bit of who i am but mainly how i'd like other people to percieve me!

"Today, of all days, i am not myself!"

Music - making/listening, as much as possible, as diverse as possible. Recently a return to Prince, the Electro funk of the late 70's early 80's... Barkays, T Connection......
Books - Karouac, Burrows, Orwell, Philip k Dick, Sartre, T Mckenna, Pinchbeck, Ginsberg, Hunter S. Thompson, Klosterman, Nietzsche, Huxley, Kesey, Tom Wolfe, Barrow, Schopenbauer, Blake
Film - Waking Life, Withnail and I, Fear and Loathing, Mulholland Drive, Into the Wild,
Tv - Twin Peaks, Arrested Development, Modern Family, Curb, BofBrs, Pacific, Gen Kill, Barley, Brooker, Partridge, Trip, Day to Day
Anything done by Chris Morris and or Armando Iannucci

General - Positivity, awareness and self awareness, humanism, existentialism, minimalism, culture, expression and the courage to act upon expression, meditation and altered states, Dreams, innocence, tragedy, Religion/its pros and cons (fascinating) Truth/perception/the interpretation of reality and the conversation that inspires, love, peace, happiness, beat generation and late 50's/60's ideology, Sci-fi, progressive technology and electronics...... How Pretentious?

"the most provocative statement I ever heard Werner Erhard make-yes I know he is controversial and either adored or despised, but this is worth considering-was that over the years, he had witnessed thousands of people literally give up everything in their pursuit of enlightenment. He had seen them give up their jobs, their families, spend their fortunes, devote years of their time, meditate until their knees were destroyed, "ANYTHING," he said, "except the ONE THING required in order to be enlightened. That, no one will give up." He paused for emphasis, then shouted, as was his style, "PEOPLE WILL NOT GIVE UP THAT THEY ARE NOT ENLIGHTENED. IT'S TOO TERRIBLE TO GIVE THAT ONE UP! THEY HAVE TOO MUCH FUN DOING THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO ENLIGHTEN THEM!" He went on in a softer voice, "Now, did I just say you shouldn't do things that are going to enlighten you? No; do them. But do them because it's fun to do them! I would do them. I do do them. But not because they're going to enlighten anyone. You can't get enlightened. But you can be enlightened."

.... I have no idea who i am, where im going or what will happen.... just wide eyed and bushy tailed.

In an ideal world, being asked today, i would ideally like to make fully synchronised, narrative audio visual content.
I would like to work as part of a collective, ideologically motivated and stylistically aware.
To an extent the latter is already happening among close friends and myself. I have been fortunate enough to find 4 or 5 wonderful people that share similar ideas and ideology, share similar levels of conviction and drive, burn the wick at both ends, do projects together and generally spend all our time together making things, or dreaming... talking about making the world a better place and giving back, philosophy, music, books... Ambiguity!

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