The Prelude.

constant escape

winter withered, warm
I had been considering it in terms of the perpetual preclusion of demotivation, coupled with a phobia of stagnation, together blessed by an insight into such sheer infinities so as to properly contextualize any effort of the psyche.
 

constant escape

winter withered, warm
Its sort of like a strategic manipulation of dials and pulleys and levers. Pour some degree of libidinal intensity into this effort, motivated by such and such hubristic fantasy, then dial it back by reconsidering the fate of hubris as well as what will likely prove to be a much more integral concern, namely restfulness exercised as progression from the phenomenal realm.
 

luka

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The language and the thought gets a lot more convoluted and difficult from this point on. We will need to have our wits about us.
 

luka

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Its sort of like a strategic manipulation of dials and pulleys and levers. Pour some degree of libidinal intensity into this effort, motivated by such and such hubristic fantasy, then dial it back by reconsidering the fate of hubris as well as what will likely prove to be a much more integral concern, namely restfulness exercised as progression from the phenomenal realm.
This is part of what I was trying to get at in the teaching machine
 

luka

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So certain people for me have a kind of totemic significance. Naming no names. But some peoplefor me represent the necessity of kindness and consideration, others for wilfulness and pride.
 

luka

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This is why I brought up the wizard of earthsea where you have the rights and duties of strength and courage brought down (temporarily) and scarred (permanently) by overreach, pride, hubris.
 

luka

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And balancing the claims of these different things is a large part of the work of a genius that is to say, me
 

constant escape

winter withered, warm
But I think I can be afforded even greater ability if you yield that power to higher order forces that express themselves in more plural and profound manners than the ego does. Not meaning to pin you to your words here, but to say that "me" is ultimately steering things I think is a misstep, at least it is a misstep if it is enduringly believed.
 

constant escape

winter withered, warm
I'm still early in understanding such techniques. In my case, the persona involves a sort of double irony, seeing as affects of such ludicrous intensity can only be integrally received under the pretense of being ironic. That is, this sort of borderline-hubris can only be expressed through a sort of prism of ironic tongue-in-cheek superiority humor.
 

luka

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For you i would say what you have to balance is on the one hand an affirmation of and commitment to, difficulty and intensity of effort
and on the other hand
wanting people to read it and engage with it. I can read it because I'm good at reading but for a lot of people it's too rich a Pudding. But it may be you just need to find your proper audience/peers.
 
I had been considering it in terms of the perpetual preclusion of demotivation, coupled with a phobia of stagnation, together blessed by an insight into such sheer infinities so as to properly contextualize any effort of the psyche.

twitter style and how much I hate it was making me think in this way earlier. Why do people get sucked into these particular linguistic tropes

The social pressure imposed by the terror/thrill of viral fame or cancellation, and how that pole of energy runs through their condensed and desperate little choice of words
 

luka

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You can be a genius too shiels! We are naming you official genius. Now you have to slave away living up to it constantly. An albatross about the neck, but a good one.
 
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