candid # profound # aloof

classical music is dead but it isn't

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:38:00 +0100

first: concerning emotions

true emotions don't require amplification
neither does an open and perceptive listener

it's bluntness and demand for imitated feelings
that started turning music into film scores

second: concerning disintegration

we're becoming ever wider, ever shallower
history turned the act of maintaing an integrity

into a superhuman feat only few can master
most people fell apart and so did music

third: concerning interpretation

musicians are also of the audience

of an audience incapable of said purity

renditions became farce, success is suspect

no one cares about the message anyways

fourth: concerning globalisation

but perhaps those remaining truthful

strewn around the world, often isolated

are still more in numbers than ever before

for whom life is music and music is life

dare to call the emperor naked

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:18:00 +0100

[meta]

true things are rare

[observation]

sometimes there's less good stuff around

[statement]

this shouldn't be a reason to lie about qualities

[fact]

but it is

[outcome]

random unsubstantial ersatz is called upon to fill in

[exercise]

find some examples: in music, movies, sciences and more

[test]

which those also thinking of friendships can consider passed

[lemma]

increase in quantity always comes at the cost of quality

[advisory]

reserve your attention for worthy subjects

[motto]

thousand shallow experiences are no match for one real

people choose to be religious

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:33:00 +0100

and

they may have solemn and justified reasons to do so

but

they should have made a conscious decision about this

you'll find that there's precious little to be learnt from them

lying without lying

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:26:00 +0100

(this is what you want)

you want to tell something and you're hoping that people will listen with an open mind

(this is what they want)

they want you to confirm their beliefs and don't care about what you're intending to say

(this is what you do)

you tell something with spaces: with hints or gaps left free for interpretation

(this is what they do)

they subconsciously fill the spaces in with what they were expecting to hear

(this is what you get)

you will be misunderstood which can be good or bad depending on the circumstances

(this is what they get)

they will be certain of having heard what they wanted but was not actually said

(this is what you must)

you must use this advanced method of interpretive manipulation responsibly

on the principle of conservation of everything

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:00:00 +0100

fact: you don't ever lose a thing

if you don't have it, you've never had it

(stop crying then)

if you do have it, you'll always have it

(stop worrying then)

hint: this law is subtle, strong and universal

you may only cheat yourself or others

(stop lying then)

you can't avoid the truth for ever

(stop dreaming then)

note: the principle of conservation of everything

modern art is rubbish

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:27:00 +0100

today...

it can be called art what would've been called rubbish

...yesterday

today...

you can be famous for what they would've locked you up for

...yesterday

today...

people are attracted to the deranged more than they were

...yesterday

today...

art is a true mirror of society's health, just like it was

...yesterday

thinking must be free

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:30:00 +0100

for everything else comes from that

of course, it's harder being ernest

yet, it's about time we grow up

because even if we can't help it

we must face it

it's not religion, it's belief that sucks

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:29:00 +0100

a belief is...

an invincible shield of non-argument

which is kind of...

natural, if sad, when of the religious kind

maddening, because against reason, otherwise

an am-out-of-arguments-but-still-refuse-to-think sign

but the strangest thing is...

there are friendly and open believers too

on reverse creationism

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:22:30 +0100

straight creationism: "god created man"

reverse creationism: "man created god"

makes more sense

the wisdom of the crowds... is shallow

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:18:33 +0100

there are many things you gain by socialising

integral knowledge not being one of them

there are many things you learn by conforming

your true self not being one of them

there are many things you lose by remaining truthful

anything worth keeping not being one of them

once I used to loathe escapism

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:41:00 +0100

my daydreams

less the "what can I achieve"-kind

more the "what could I have achieved"-kind

turned into escapisms over the years

honesty sux

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:55:50 +0100

in a way, I'd love to...

be able to believe

be able to belong

be able to ignore

it'd be easier...

but what is in a trash can?

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:59:00 +0100

it used to be quality or quantity in the segregated age

it is now quality through quantity in the connected age

at least this is what we hope for

because that's pretty much all we can hope for

on unorthodox bedtime rituals

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:18:00 +0100

A: Why do you keep on doing that?

B: So that the World doesn't stop tonight.

A: Couldn't you find something else to worry about?

B: Is there anything else to worry about?

brains vs. properness

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:07:00 +0100

intelligent people often have larger egos.

so just when you'd think you have more things to talk about,

you'll find there's less things you can talk about.

it's a pity, really.

concerning the fabric of society

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:24:00 +0200

the west has gotten tired

it's living in denial

that illusion called multiculturalism

is a collective deathwish

such signs of weakness

never go undetected

the placebo paradox

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:16 +0200

so placebos work

meaning, in theory doctors should prescribe them more often

meaning, public awareness about them being used would grow

meaning, people would become uncertain of their medication

but placebos work

because patients don't know they're taking them instead of some actual medicine

because often it's their belief in the treatment that heals not the treatment itself

because the mind has not well researched but apparent powers over the body

the placebo paradox

states that placebos can never really become helpful to us

states that this is bad news to placebos but even more to us

states that our beliefs will always be the most important to us

instant karma

nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:30:00 +0200

means no karma

means no doubt

means no debt

means no fear

means no bond

...

means freedom

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nospam@example.com (macrocosmic) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:43:56 +0200

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