Catalyst to say what has never been said.
To see what has never been seen.
To draw, paint, sing, sculpt, dance and act what has never before been done.
To push the envelope of creativity and language. And what’s really important is:
I call it the ‘felt presence of direct experience.'
Which is a fancy term which just simply means we have to stop consuming our culture.
Don’t watch TV.Don’t read magazines.Don’t even listen to NPR.
Create your own roadshow.
The nexus of space and time, where you are, now, is the most immediate sector of your universe. And if you’re worrying about Michael Jackson or Bill Clinton or somebody else, then you are disempowered.
You’re giving it all away to icons.
Icons which are maintained by an electronic medium so that, you know, you wanna dress like X or have lips like Y or something.
This is shit brained, this kind of thinking.
That is all cultural diversion.
And what is real is you and your friends and your associations, your highs, your orgasms, your hopes, your plans, your fears.
We are told ‘No’, we’re unimportant, we’re peripheral, get a degree, get a job, get a this, get a that — and then you’re a player.
You don’t even want to play in that game.
You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that’s being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world.
Where is that at?
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Reclaim Your Mind, Terence McKenna; Transcription by Phoenix Aquua
if i had the means i would try and create /direct something like this. it would be the darkest of humour. It would not have to be a 'professional' effort, but direct. I would have these 'experts' sat round a table. they would brag what educational past they had. they would then agree to build nuclear plants on an island prone to earthquakes.
ReplyDeleteThen there would be a Wizard of OZ (some people think this disaster i am about to mention was planned) character be part of the wost human diaster humankind has ever had--FUKUSHIMA. then there would be some kind of making visibly what radiation CONTINUES spilling out into the air and oceans which are in reality--i would have various young children ro around the audience with placards which said. THIS IS NOT A PLAY. THIS IS REALITY. DIRECT AWARENESS. CAN YOU FEEL IT. I would have a spoof set up of a representation of mass media which totally is quiet about this but is talking about Lady Gaggas tits. and a group of kids screaming at a boy band with absurd hairstyles and false dildos on. etc---i would like to share ideas about this with others. see what could be come up with so its a group effort. the utlimate message being: HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU PRETEND NOT TO BE MAD IN AN INSANE WORLD WHICH IS DESTROYING NATURE AND YOUR CHILDREN?