Writing
My writing is separated into the following categories:
Essays
Books
Journalism
Blogging
Stories
Poetry
Quotes
“The Web allows people to project their mind in endless directions, at an unprecedented speed and distance. It’s a collective out-of-body experience that lets us share in each other’s daydreams – a new map of time-space to help to navigate the inner and outer cosmos. [...] But there’s a difference between the passing of facts and the passing of truth – a difference between work we do for money (bio-survival) and work we do because of an irrepressible urge to create and share. [...] And regardless of what system we aim to build, it’ll always come back to the individual. Evolution doesn’t happen at the individual level, but it does depend on individual adaptation or mutation. The adaptation required now could involve a transformation from a preternatural howl to a superb elucidation of thought and feeling. The last hurdle may be the self-sacrifice required in true expression – the fact that the ego must be symbolically crucified, or at least reintegrated with the vast invisible realms of the human psyche, before we can collectively move on to the next stage of our evolution, propelled into a higher state of existence.” (From “A Supraterranean Manifesto,” Reality Sandwich, 7/16/2010)
“The questions and yearnings left unanswered by an institutionalized science education have lingered with me far longer than my one-time desire to become a doctor. [...] It’s been a long, painful search that more often felt like navigating a dark tunnel on hands and knees, with an occasional mudslide of despair. In the process of piecing together the various puzzles, I eventually found myself returning to the study of science. Or more precisely, I stopped letting myself think my background in science was a disadvantage – as if I should have devoted myself to a single field in order to be more successful. It’s now clear that the problem was not mine but society’s, for relying on rigid over-specialization when human beings are capable of so much more. I could no longer afford to stifle my creative potential, and the same will soon be true for people worldwide. On the horizon there are no boundaries between science, culture, technology, history, psychology and philosophy.” (From “The Self-Directed Initiation of a Writer,” 6/29/2010)
“There’s nothing I can devise in here that would surpass the insanity and horror I’ve found out there. For once in quite some time, I feel content — not with the world or with people or with my surroundings, but content with myself. Whatever creative work I do from this point forward will be done foremost in an effort to learn myself and, in a broader sense, humanity. Nothing given to me would ever justify the work — no money or attention or awards. I’m prepared to ride the lightning that sparks between my neurons and the netherworld, though at times I’ll surely feel the burn. I’m submitting to the notion that I am all I’ll ever be, that I’m the same as I’ve always been. And any new aspect that arises will only be something freshly illuminated, something that once existed in darkness — but existed nonetheless.” (From “The Science of Disasterology,” 4/15/2010)
“Our democracy was built on the concept of self-governance. It evolved (or perhaps devolved) into a state of business-led governance, a deranged sort of Capitalistocracy that is driving our country – and, by extension, the entire world – into ruins. [...] Self-governance will never be perfect, but our democracy should be self-correcting. And the only self-correction a corporation will ever know is the kind that brings on larger profit margins. [...] When business becomes the single lens through which democracy is projected, the only long-term outcome – for our government, for our economy, for our citizens – is bankruptcy.” (From “I’m Joe Sixpack, and I Approved This Message,” 2/9/2010)
