Issue #21 Perception / Influence (START HERE NEW ERA)
Hello. It's almost night time. I'm here writing about what I think I'm going to have to do in order to make this summer, and the rest of my creative life, a resounding success. I think the importance will be depth, and I think more than that, what that means, is a lack of ingestion of "content", and other forms of stupid bullshit. I just looked at the discover page of this website, and it's the same stupid fucking drivel I constantly see. If you ask the question "Am I too Self Aware" and post it on the internet, you're not a real person, you're stupid, and you're absolutely not going to make it. That's not a thing that any serious person does. Are you kidding me? Get the fuck out of my face.
Realistically, I saw 95% of the content on the internet by the time I was 12; the next 8 years of internet use was repetition and an occasional new concept being imported to me. My short stay with books, these past 2 years, has proven much more fruitful and long-lasting than my stay with the internet. I saw this to say that the use of the internet will probably cause me much harm going forward.
Studying artist's books is a valid. Listening closely to music is valid. "Content", cannot be my goal at all. Are you kidding me? No. Don't be silly. If your goals are related to fine art, that is not something that you can do at all. You must aim toward the immortals. Refine your thoughts and actions. With that, I'll leave the rest of this unsaid - you know in your heart what you must do. I'll leave the space where I'd ordinarily continue writing as open space and an open call toward meditation. Do the obvious things, too - build your relationship, exercise, eat clean, practice daily, do your work. Be a good person. I love you very much. Let's keep this in mind going forward. Find a way to do the things you love to do. Goodbye.