Ideas floating along in my stream of my consciousness…
February 1st, 2024
10:19am
There's so much data that even spies are struggling to find secrets.
Cultural emissions, underscoring how much garbage there is, how I want to make things worthy of other people's attention (quality pieces that answer timeless questions).
8:54am
Could tinnitus and the growing occurrence of tinnitus in people be our brain's responses to too much stimulus all the time and literally having other people in our ears and in our head constantly?
And the subsequent increasing loudness of places in the day-to-day world be related to feeling like they need to stand out more against all this other noise?
January 16th, 2024
8:17pm
Being the (imperfect) hero in your own story.
January 11th, 2024
10:02am
I'm thinking about all of the technology that we start into our various orifices out our site is going to be occupied by goggles art ears are occupied by AirPods and microphones oriental devices are tapping into tactics in touch what are the next senses that technology is going to take over.
January 10th, 2024
9:51am
The sphere is overrated, and it so well represents Las Vegas (visually distracting from outside, fleeting and devoid of meaning but sensory overload and stimulation on the inside)
A awe-inspiring man-made monstrosity really hammering home the irony of the subject matter of Post Card from planet earth.
January 1st, 2024
8:20am
Is there a forcing function to see through projects to completion?
I pull myself into too many different directions. I can't create a false sense of urgency.
I think the answer is somewhere in atomization of tasks and projects, accountability, novelty, minimum viable planning,1 and following the 80/20 rule.
December 26th, 2023
6:47am
Wondering when did restaurants become so loud? Environmental noise creates this upwards spiral deafening cacophony as patrons continue to try to speak over and others in an effort to be heard.
What can this be traced back to? Food can be such a powerfully communal thing. A basic human need that necessitates us coming together.2
I’ve realized in subsequent visits to coffee shops that the music actually seems to be more for the “vibe setting” of the people who work there. Service industry jobs are increasingly thankless, hostile — I wonder if that has something to do with it.
December 19th, 2023
9:48pm
I've been struggling a lot recently with the concept of "the artist vs. the algorithm" — how to occupy two dualities of what it means to create online
How to balance "testing the water" with "growing my audience" or making things for myself (intrinsic) or "making things worthy of other's attention" (cultural emissions) or "content" vs "art" or "building/learning in public" or "shouting into the void"
"Staying relevant" but not "selling out".
How to attract like-minded people with genuine value and content, but not necessarily working (being promoted) on platforms that value frequency (feeding the algorithm).
What it means to be an "artist" vs. "craftsman"?
What am I trying to do with my writing/storytelling/creative expression? What's the end goal? And how would I support it in the future if I wanted to do more of it?
December 11th, 2023
9:37am
Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology
Contemplating the many dualities of human existence. An animal at war with a conscience — a desire to survive and thrive, battling a desire to help others.
At least when we were hunter gatherers, before this age of abundance.