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looking


across

history


is


so


important


you would


think


that


the


modern


era


totally


subsumes


the

past


but


the stupid


have


been

breeding


for


too

many


generations
















enneagram


astrology


without


the


stars
















enneagram


astrology


without


the


stars
















sometimes i really need half a day or more to do stuff and like the long run of continuity of concentration
















there


is


a

cartoon


like


quality


to


great


art

















why


go


to


university


to


learn


philosophy?



you


can


do


it


much


better


quicker


cheaper


on the


web


and


there


was

no


job


at


the


end


anyway
















one


thing


you


realise


with


humans


is


there


is


not


a lot


of


original


thinking


around
















the


trouble


with


logic


is

we


are


in


limited


possession


of


the


variables
















the


tragedy


of


martin


heidegger's


life


was




he


never


married


hannah


arendt
















what


i


like


about


the


net


is

the


freedom


to


write


what


you


think
















poetry


is


a language


use


that


includes


nonsense


if


that's


a way


of


putting

it



i


don't


think


philosophy


does


that




intentionally


anyway
















the


university


system


crucifies


intelligence
















what


is


a

philosopher?


goethe


was


a


poet


and


writer


schopenhauer


was

a

philosopher


goethe


said


“ in


normal


life


we


make


language


work


in


a provisional


way


because


we

just


signify


superficial


relations


as


soon


as


we


speak


of


deeper


relations


there


suddenly


comes


up


another


language


the


poetical


this


is


not


to


invalidate


philosophy


but


say


that


philosophy


is


part of


poetry







  martin  heidegger
















there


is

an


interchangeability


of


lovers


in


the


mating


process


that


is

difficult


to


get


used


to




the parentage


of


children


is


not


interchangeable



or


maybe


it


is
















one of us


is


right


you


go


your


way


i


go


mine
















women


their


greed


for


sex


themselves


and


their


babies
















the


cost


of


philosophy


is


too


high




ruining


your


sleep




and


life
















what

is


now?


a sort


of


condensation


of


infinity



a


clutch


of


possibilities


amongst


many

















the


law


of


repulsion


what


i


deserve


is


repelled

from


me


which


is


just


as


well


in


the


majority


of


cases
















what


is


justice?


a false


question


what


is


fairness


something


that


can


be


explained


that


is


the


difference


between


poetry


and


philosophy


you


could


say


justice


was


the


intrusion


of


human


supremacy


on


a

simple


notion
















philosophy


is


just


a


step


or


two


into


the


discrete


space


of


meaning


to


be


be


very


successful


at


what


it


is


attempting
















theres a whole


problem


with


intellectual

property


the


difficulty


of


retention


of


rights




patenting


is


a


bit


of


an


illusion
















pain


takes


you


past the point


of civility


stops


breath


renders


you


deaf and blind


wears


love


down





                              eileen
















am


i


doing


something


to


some


purpose


unbeknownst


to


me


or


is


it


just


endless


investigation?
















theres


nothing



really


more


to


understand
















long


shadows


evening


light
















is


there


a


stronger


bond


than


love




i


don't


think


so
















you


just


want


to trust


the


fellow


traveller


business


a


bit


more




its


a


stronger


bond


than love
















how


mixed


everything


is


why


is


that?
















zen really screws the brain about money, i can speak from experience



all


religion


is


the


same


i think


conditioning systems


for


the


transfer


of


money


and


labour


from


you


to


them
















the


african


psyche


is


inherently


more


fractal


than


the european




that is


it


is


more


open


to chaos


and


the power


and


instability


of


that


which

of

course occur


in


plenty


in


africa
















 i


don't


want


to


be


a philosopher


they


have


such


a


bad


track


record


in


their


personal


lives



poets


are


nicer


tho more


doomed
















stability


frightens


women


i


don't


know


why



maybe


i


do


its


that


the


energy


of


chaos


dries up
















all the self righteous prim little norms so PROUD of the mental mediocracy that passes for stability!
















the


really


weird


thing


about


zen


is


the


way


it


threw


back

to

a

pre


printing


culture
















does


schopenhauers's


“ will


to


live ”


translate


as


evolutionary


drive?
















crowds


want


their


pound


of


flesh


before



letting


you


join


them



“ the


glorification


of


their


mediocrity ”



conversely


they


will

kill


you


if


they


can
















im


always


the


shifting


sands


trying


to


cement


myself





                              eileen
















now that i understand


that


stress


causes aging




i know


why


humans


niggle


each other




a


slow


subtle


assassination





                                                  eileen
















scars



i


think


the


reason


AS


is


so scared


of


“ mistake ”


is


because


the


scars


they


take


run


too deep




                                                  eileen
















we


are


subservient


to


the


kitchen


stove


that we


it


and


i


will


continue


or the stove will


go


or


me


but that


things


will


continue


for


ever
















i


still


don't


get


that


i


will


die


i


think


i'm


going


to


live


forever!
















the


difference


between


poetry


and


philosophy


is there


is


some


hope


of


understanding


poetry


with


philosophy


even


the writer


did


not


understand
















what


is


life?


a


cosmic


joke


tragedy


farce


all

these


things

















most of the brain shuts down during sleep, the part that is still active is just more active in vivid dreaming


its the flight or fight part of the brain that is active


so dreams are always usually traumatic




if


we


remember


them
















the


whole


notion


of


lineage


in


zen


is


nonsense


because


buddha


never


existed


historically




zen


is


mysticism


for


the


dandelions
















i


think


with

pregnancy


men


just


get


swept


along


with


something


they


have


caused




rather


startled


until


they


die
















flawed


in


the


outset


failed


in


the


onset


defeated


in


the


endset




communism


my rifle


me?
















the


mental


bankruptcy


of


now


is


really


depressing


theres


just


nothing


around
















the


surprising


thing


about


you


tube


is


the


way


it


makes


video


since


world


war


2

accessible

crossing


several


generations


out


of time


i


view


and


command
















the


surprising


thing


about


now


is


there


is


no


audience


just


the


splatter


brained


dead
















suppression


of


the arts


and


philosophy


is


essential


to


communism


because


it


claims


to


be artistically


and


philosophically


correct


what


that leads


to


we


all know as unbearable kitsch
















“ i


don't


understand


teenage


girls ”


-


 fred


their brains


are being


ripped


apart


by


neural


pruning


its


as


literal


a

process

as

pupation


tho


beauty


is


in


the eye


of


the beholder


;o)




its


a

particularly


raw state


of


being
















the


“ taming


of


the


shrew ”


is


a


farce


that


doesn't


quite


come


off
















poems


a

mix


of


the


personal


and


synthetic
















practice


being


subtly


assertive


with


cold


telephone


sales calls
















people


never


ask


what


is


true


and


what


is


not




they


follow


what


they


have


been


taught
















there


are


deeper


things


than


love
















evolution


designs


i


think


its


a deliberate


process


of


construction


according


to certain guidelines


minimium compedence


total heartlessness


ultimate failure


serendipidy


confusion


in


some


cases


huge


resilience


in

others


total fragility
















god


doesn't


exist


what is it


that


doesn't


exist?
















what


am


i


doing




and


why


am


i


doing it




its


all


about


going


backwards
















if


you


REALLY


believed


in god


and


jesus


it


wouldn't


bother


you


that


people


say


they


don't


exist




its


only


because


you


don't


believe


it


and you


regard


other


peoples


opinions


more


valid


than


your


belief


that


you


get

upset
















evolution


views


life


as


disposable


if

you


get


ill


its


not


minded particularly


wether


you


recover or


not
















only


an idiot


would


argue


that


the


jesus


interpolations


in


josephus




are


genuine


and


they


do




the general


intellectual


level


of


humans


is


so


low


its


not funny
















maybe


sense


is


not


adequate




maybe


confusion


is


more


adequate


than


sense




maybe
















what


is


mine


is


not


necessarily


mine


and


what


is yours


is


not


necessarily


yours

either

















better


young


and


stupid


than


old


and


clever
















do


you


understand


it


or


are


you


projecting?
















the


entire


world


would


be


socialist


except for



the


fact


it


doesn't


work


that is,


it follows


human


behavior,


inclination


and


power


strategies


but


it


doesn't


work



its


tyranny


by


uncultured


thugs
















“ i


just


want


to


be


happy ”


well


i've


given


up


on


being


happy


actually
















its

such


a


relief


to


be


able


to


sleep
















fortunately


i


had


parents


with



some


brains


and


between

them


i


have


a



mix


that


passes

















deconstructing


ads


how


are


they


made?


its


pretty easy
















give


me


some


credit


for


having


a

few


brains


since


its

your


brains





(comment to parents)
















this


is


written


with


no


concessions


to


the


public


taste


and


one


or


two


concessions


to


my


privacy


and


that's


about


it
















its

not


that


you


can't


understand


it


its


that


the


many


roads


necessary


to


understanding


are




severed


from


you


by


who




you


are


and


what


you


do
















the human brain can't think


straight


if


we

thought straight


we


wouldn't


breed


we


are

here


because


of


evolution


children


are

so


sapping


of

the


adult


identity


if


parents


didn't


identify


children


as their



own


the simple


egoism


of


life


would


not


work


its


all


a

vale


of


illusion


necessarily


in


terms


of


genetic


survival
















women


don't


understand


them


selves


they


are


machines


with


purpose


they understand their aims and


how


to


get


them


though
















if

i


never


had


any


bearings


how


could


i


lose them?
















the capacities


required


for


successful


breeding


are


not


those


of


the philosopher


indeed


quite


the opposite
















if


it


was


up


to


men


children


would


never


survive
















its


given


of


god


so


to


speak


no


charge


its


enough


that


you


value


it


and


like


god


comes


and goes


may


be


there


or


not

















on


message


boards


theres


any


number


of


gouls


and


ghosts


and


monsters


ready


to


drag


you


down
















instructions


on


death


“ i was


never


here


what


would


you


do


with


a


body ”




who


am


i


   instructing?

















there


is


“ no


person ”


“ up


there ”


looking


out


for


you




what


there


is


though


is


unseen


potential


for


things


to


come


right




and


go


wrong


i

guess




how


much


difference


is


there


between


right


and


wrong


anyway?




not


a


lot
















nihilism


the


belief


in


nothing


i


like that


:o)
















nothings


straight


forward


in

tasmania

















“ kwan


seum


bosal ”


is korean


for


the


goddess


of


compassion




must


be


a

different


universe
















the madness


of


the


mad
















everything


is


eternal


emptiness
















robyn


you


are


an


intelligent


woman


but


i


don't


know


that


you


are


a


good


listener




why


is


everybody


else


always


wrong?




well


they


are


not
















the


nature

of


what


you


do


changes


you
















there is


something


in the


journalistic


process

that


is


destructive


to


intelligence


probably


the fragmented


and

cursory


nature


of their


material


like


doctors


and medicine




SHARDS
















i


am


strange


in


a

strange


world


full


of strangeness
















i


think


one


gets


more


confident


with


ones


viewpoint


after


a while


just




writes


things


as


one


sees


them

its


no


big


deal
















everything


i


write


and


think


is


in

a


state


of


constant


revision


except


the poems


and homilies


pages




depressing


really
















i


am


always


exploring


boundary

conditions




of


being


and


non-being
















everyone


is


just


pissing


sperm


into


millions


of


empty


vaginas
















how


i used


to


be


owing


nothing


to


time


displaced


in


nowhere


but


that


has


changed



maybe
















its


not


our


perishability




but


our

perishing

















Basic


driving


advice


keep


the


visual


field


on


the road
















shooting


is


a


combination


of


intellect


and


athletic


performance


that


i


find


difficult


on


both


counts
















i


think


people


are

unnecessarily intimidated


by


aboriginal culture


and the dreaming


its


actually

quite


straightforward


and


not


that alien


to european


culture


tho


it


might


appear


to


be




artistic


sensibility


and


autism


are


the


prior


conditions
















when


all life


is


a


rolling


disaster


area


you


get


inured


to


offense
















women


are


tanks


put

a

foot


wrong


and


you


find


yourself


staring


down


a


rather


large


barrel
















the


ady


gil


part submarine


with its


bow


knocked


off


after collision with the


japanese


whaler


shonan


maru 2




a strange echo of


the


pacific


war


in


world


war


II





video


























obituary


to


steve


irwin





i


don't


think


people


should


be


upset


with


the


death


of


steve


irwin




it


was


spectacular


and


way


he


would


have


wished


to go




violent


sudden


and


fatal




he


was


of


the


lizard


dreaming


never


quite


happy


with


being


on


this


earth


and human






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nothing


like


being


involved


in


a

charity


to


get


your


ideas


sorted


out


about


life



people


want


help


on


their


conditions!
















killing


themselves


for


their


work


van


gogh

nietzsche


syphilis


maybe


their

madness


consisted


of


overgiving


themselves


for


their


work






note:  nietzsche may  not  have had syphilis and van gogh neither
















quality


thinking


is


ignored


in


its


own


lifetime


and


plagarized


in


every


other
















the


untrue

has


a


big


place


in


life


a bigger


place


than


the true
















self indulgence costs


even the kind that doesn't require money





                                                  eileen
















i never find computers easy


breaks my brains at times


one just has to chip away at them
















you


go


forward


but


you


don't


go


backward


when


you


need too
















i


spill


water


everywhere


why


does


that


have


to be?
















its


impossible


to


discuss


god


because


properly


considered


its


not


really


definable


and

improperly


considered


the


definitions


are a waste of time
















theres


something


wrong


with


journalists

mentality




they


are


not


right


upstairs


hurtful


and


murderous


BEWARE!


maybe


they


are

just


responding


to


an


audience



but


i

don't think


so
















a


lot


of


the


problem


with


misinformation


is


the


press
















a leader


who


favours


“yes


men”


is


always


going


to


come


to


grief

















modern


lives


are

missing


the


brutality


of


our


ancestors


the constant


killing


and being killed


the mistreatment


of


animals


the


constant


pain


of


illness


and


injury


i'm


not


saying


it


doesn't


happen


now


it


does


but


in


a

way


that


rends


the


brain


and


thought


soppy


and


unrealistic
















a


caste


system


is


an


evolution


of


inheritance


is


the usual


crass


way


when


biological


and


cultural


intelligence


falls


below


a

certain


necessary


level


which


is


what


happened


in


india
















the


general


run


of


the


mill


human


being


is


too


prone


to


its


own


comfort


and


the


need


for


the


satisfaction


of


its


own


desires


to


ever


think


of


anything


useful


which


is


why


most


poetry


and


philosophy


is


rubbish




if


only


they


left it


at


that!




but


on


top


of


that


they


murder


what


conflicts


them




regardless


of


how


stupid


their


own


position


is!
















everyday


if


you


can


just


increment


understanding


things


a

bit

better




there


may


be


other


disasters


floating


around




but


at


least


you


have


incremented

















education


is


fucked


because


the


people


in


it


are


fucked




that


is


both


teachers


and


students




without


the


institutions


you


don't


have


such


a problem




you


would


think


people


would


learn


something


more


than


their


own


aggrandizement


but


they


don't
















what


is


god ?


is


it


just


a

badly


defined term?
















theres


contradictions


that


are


the


best


you


can


do


and


there's


contradictions


where


the


dissonance


matters
















i


think


its


important


to


reach


the


end


of


a

few


learning


curves


at


least


in


some


things
















we


are


in


a


modern


macdonalds


mass


culture


i


guess


it

used


to


be


religion
















jane


campion


missed


the boat


on


keats


and


love


its


all


there


in


“ode


on a grecian


urn”


i wonder


if


she


captured


that?



too


advanced


i suppose


the


masses


like


abstract


like


they


like


sandpaper


sex



tho


they


live


it


all


the time



well


maybe


she


got


the


boat


a bit



janet


frame


washed


somewhat


off


onto


her
















film


is


like


a

sculpture of poetry


but quite


a bit


is


lost


in the translocation
















an


intelligent


man


is


going


to


look


like


an


idiot


to



god
















i was  reading



O skyey wheel, all base men you supply

With baths, mills, and canals that run not dry,

While good men have to pawn their goods for bread:

Pray, who would give a fig for such a sky?  (verse 492)



and


thought


to


myself


death


claws


through


us


all
















twitter


the


dribbly


rubbish


from


everyones


lives




vacuous


a.d.d.


hyperspace




its


the


endless


narcissism


that


gets


me




i suppose


this


is


the


normal


human


condition




perhaps
















its


only


a

computer


its


only


consumed


half


my


life


why


shouldn't


it

consume


half


your


life?
















things

only


occur


the


way


they


do

because


there


is


no


other


choice
















when


i


look

at


humans


i


think


“i am


not


that


species”


tho


i


am


a bit
















what


is


holding


the


net


back


is


not


technology


or


twitty


spammers


but




learning


inertia
















if


you


are


reading


a


“bodice


ripper”


why not


read

hawkes

translation


of


“the


story


of


the


stone”


or sei shonagons


“pillow


book”


they are so


enlarging




cultured intelligence


if


that's


not


an

anachronism





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am


i


more


sinned


against


than


sinning


against


i


don't


know


probably
















some


call


it


love


others


call

it


licensed


murder
















lying


by


omission


is


by


far


the


most


common


form


of


concealment


and


dissembly


so


common


can


one


call

it


lying?



it


is


particularly


effortless


and


without


friction




initally


anyway
















you've


seen


what


the


world


worships




money


and


stupidity
















on


trial


one


woman


for


telling


the


truth




guilty!




say


her


peers
















anything


is


endless




theres


no


position


of


comfort




from which


you


can


say




i

have


got


it


right




theres


no


further


to


go
















sylvia


plath


don't


get


pregnant


you


don't


owe


the


world


your


genes
















there's


a lot


of stylistic


conventions


that have to do


with printing


costs

that are


not


applicable


on the net


like


not


repeating yourself


i repeat myself


now
















people


with


a


bad


attitude


i


have


learnt


the


hard


way


no


matter


how


much


you


help


them


they


just


want


to hurt


you
















the


whole


point


of


making


a

bad


mistake


is


to


learn


from


it
















schizophrenia


is


a

complex


notion


true


genius


is schizophrenic


since


you


have to


be fixed


about


some


central


point
















the


forms


of schizophrenia


are many


and


varied


but

they all


have


this


in


common


fixidity
















below


25C


i


start


to


die
















chronic illness


and


schizophrenia


go

together
















keats, shakespeare and an editor are at desks in a room


and


writing


how


do


you


tell


who


is


who?


shakespeare is forging sir henry nevilles

signature


keats has run out of ink


and is writing


in blood


and the editor is preparing rejection slips


for


the other


two


citing


“stylistic


ambiguities” !
















the


need


for


editors


is


born


from


the cost


of


ink


on

paper


since


the net


has


no


such


cost


go hang


yourselves


fuckwit


editors
















why


would


you


choose

something


that


is


true


over


something


that


is


false




because


what


is


true


is


a better


explanation


and


more


predictable
















when


imagination is


reality


and


reality


imagination


jimanji


is


not


abstract
















its

a

fractionated


existance
















if


you


are


not


prepared


to hide


behind


the


various


shields


of


fakeness


you


get


killed
















people


submerge


their


identity


in


a

fetid


sea


of


social


propriety
















“make


the


world


a


better


place”


people


seem


to take


that


as


an


opportunity


to


crush


me


more
















the


illusion


of


the new


year


nothings


changed


except


the


date
















i'll


be


like


van


gogh



die


never


having


made

a

penny



from


my


work
















there is an overdivision of


labour


in


modern


society


between


men


and women


or


rather


division


in


the wrong


places


the


“feminist”


or butch


lesbian


agenda's


for


women


are


wrong


minded


that

does

not


make


me a


“male


chauvinist”


btw


or


maybe


it


does


sanity

is


unlabelled
















you


may


not


like


it


but


does


it


suit


you


or


is


to


your


ultimate


advantage


often


it does
















if


i


ever


did


anything


that


made


sense


please

tell


me
















there


was


actually


some


cultural


intelligence


before


world


war


I


the


selective


heavy


and


extraordinary


losses


of


WWI


ruined


everything
















eileen writes:



isnt it really silly


when you think about it


relationships....


a war waged


not a relationship at all
















this


writing


is


all


a


form


of


memory


its


not


popular


nonsensical


stupid


and intelligent


so


many


contradictions


there


has


to


be something


to it
















coming


up


the long


leg


of


a


T


intersection


and


not


looking


on


the


right


CRASH!
















eileen writes:



the need to get away from you


is more love not less





my reply:



i think


there's


damage


so


there


is


a


real need





perhaps


that's


more


love


and


not


less
















i


think


principles


are


a


male


notion
















what


do


women


want?


orgasms


and children




and


oh


i


forgot


the


queen bee


instinct!
















sometimes


i


feel


i


have


lived


several


lifetimes

















my


thoughts


are


like


a


trash


heap


that


gets


shuffled


around


and


every


now


and


then


get


a


pretty


pattern


like


a


kaleidoscope
















its


not


a


problem


until


its


a


problem
















the


law


of


attraction


is


a


load


of


nonsense


but


to


some


extent


life


does


accomodate


your


need


if


you


give


it


the


necessary


attention
















anything


very


worthwhile


on


the


net


has


a very


long


time


frame


that's


just


one


of


its


modes
















the


whole


problem


with


eternity


is


it


tends


to persist


in time


and


this


gives


rise


to


a


number


of


illusions
















a


pox


on


  theologians


insane


sickos
















see


“outside


time”


is


still


inside


something


insolent


know


it


all


bloody twits
















christ


descends


into


hell


christ


is


the descent


into

hell


the


whole


problem

of


thomas


aquinas


too


segmented


see


how


much


more


simply


it


can


be said


taken

as


a

whole?
















divine


know


ledge


cannot


be


deceived


why


can't


divine


know


ledge


be


deceived?


divine


know


ledge


transcends

non


deception


and


deception


divine


know


ledge


transcends


divine


know


ledge.


divine


know


divine

.
















thoughts on reading summa theologica IIIa q. 52 a. 1


“wether it was fitting for christ to descend into hell”




its


actually


unbelievable


how


wrong


religion


is


that


so


many


for


so


long


can


be


so


wrong


and


that's when


it

starts


to


make


sense
















if


you


are


on


the


balance


point


you


are


going


to


fall


off


occasionally
















when


i


was


six


or


seven


actually

i don't know quite


how old


on


my


parents


farm


at


rotoma


i

saw


the sky and


clouds


fold


in


i


thought


that


must


be


what


is


called


god
















no


god


no


infinity


just


the


wide


eye


of


the


moon


flowing


over


the


overgrown


grass


of


the paddocks
















you


will


always


lose


an


evenly


matched


fight
















humans


are


totally


at


home


with


violence
















we

only


shed


tears

for


ourselves


and


not


others