"The [animal] is much more content with mere existence than man; the plant is wholly so. . . ." Arthur Schopenhauer
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Slow Motion's a Goddamn Lie
From a materialist standpoint, the slowing down of visual images is simply not true. But, because the slowing down can make an otherwise ugly incident seem elegant, or even beautiful, it becomes a fucking lie. Mis-visual-information. True, it's interesting to watch, but there is no utility in that, aside from the art of killing time, which, in and of itself, is useful, I suppose. It's all about time. The big stretch. The mother of all movement. Temporal proximity. Opportunity. And the tried and true agency of its exploitation.
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Great cover of Walking on the Moon, by one of my favorite bands, the Police. This is a great song about falling in love.
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NPR did a piece called "This I Believe" a few years back. Listeners were invited to recite their core beliefs about anything...