cross-posted at Void Wandering My first awareness of David Lynch came via Dune and The Elephant Man in the early 80s, followed by random exposure to Blue Velvet on a premium cable channel sometime in 1987, when I was 14. By then, Altered States and other phantasmagoria had me primed to receive Lynchworld without too much shock. My true Lynchian flashpoint was Twin Peaks, which blew the…
Tag: existence
ẅ̴͍é̷̞̲͐e̵̺̊͜ķ̷̥́̃e̸͎̣̼͂n̴̬̄d̸̡̈́ ̴̯̲̠̈́̾ĺ̸̯͎̯̈́i̷̻̼̚n̸̰̲̽̈̍k̴̖͆̊s̴̤̓̄: How to Stop Worrying; Rebellions Against God; Machines to Replace God
Atheists in Space: “[Oswald] Spengler believed that even as the 20th century began, all of the theoretical edifices constructed by the West to replace its old sacred order — which mainly manifested as political ideologies — had failed. Beginning in the 21st century, he predicted, the grandchildren of the revolutionaries and the rationalists, adrift in…
ẅ̶̩̺̻̦̗͙̰͔̬̜̱̬̮͈̝̰̩̤́͋̎̈́̓͋͆̅̄̀̐̓̀̑͊͊̓̌̌́̃̓̀͊̈̇͑͛̑̈́̕̕͝͝͝͝͝͠ͅͅë̶̡̧̢̼̰̙̫̦͚͈̩̟̙͙͎͚̯̗͚͉̦͔̘̘̯͖̬̲̰͇̭͇̩͉̠͈͍̳̯̗͖̻͍́̆̊́̈́̿̂̅͜ͅȩ̴̳̼̲̱̤̰̯̰̞̗͉̮̘̼̣̫̩͎̲̗̦̤͎̱̭̣̼̳̯̙̲̲̒͗͌͜͜ͅk̴̨̢̻͓̯̼̺̺̰̹͔̣̞̖̬̳͉̗͉̝̝͇̻̖̖̜̪̣̖͓̮̥̬̣̻͈͓̳̤͔̯̟̯͙̰͙̉̇̅̋e̵̢̡̺̻̲̯̻̰̼̘̲͉̯̓̐̓͂̆̀͛̉̆̑̐̇̌͆̊͜ņ̵͖̥͓̞̳̩̯̩̙̝̬̘͚̺̗̪͉̙̱̟̥̜̼̪͓̞̼̰͛̉͐̽͛̃̔̂̔̒͗́̐̏̔̉͊̚̕͘͠͝ͅḑ̸̨̧̦͖̱̥̦̫͖̝͙̗̘̫̞͓̩̠̝̤̟̪̜̟̠̤͓̰͓͕͇̮͙̜̙̤͍̖̱̻̥͓̊̐̌̌̓̒̌̍̓͑́̏̑̽̈̓̇͑̾̃̉͒̒͋̀̄̿͗̆̽͌͘̕̕̚͜͠ͅͅ ̷̨̡̢̛̰̝̠̠̻̩̩͉͍̺̲̞͔̤͔̪͓̮̙͉̲͚͎̟͉̖̹͓̬̭͉́̓̽̑̑͛̐̉̃̈́̆̀̌̏̀̄͗̇̈̆̐͐̂͑̏̆̄̄̔̄̂͐̏̾͋̀̊͘̚̚̕͘͜͝ͅͅͅl̵̡̢̥̩̖̖̗͓͓̦̜̙̰̩̜̮̘̠̈͗́͛̀́̉̾̇̈́̽̈͂̔̋̂͑́͒̿̒̄́̓̀͌̍̈́͒̃̌̋́͂̓̈̈̀͐̏̇̚̕͜͝͝ì̷̢̡̞̮̫̯̣͕͎̹̯̤̥̩͎̤̪̠̰̝̪̰͕̻̥̰̮̪͕͊̿̑̎̂̈́͌͒̊͒͒̏̋̊͌̆͋͌̄̽̾̌͂͑̉̉̈̐̈́̉̎͂̈̈́͐͘̕͠͝͠ͅn̶̡̧̧̨̧̛̘̬̤̦̩̼̣̭͍͎̯̼̹̞̤̣͖̼̣̩̮͈͚̺̫̯̟͈͓̺͓̠̝͖͙̖̤̯͎̘̗̻̳̺̿̔̉̆̌͊́̓̃͋̄̈́͌͐̈́͆̑̍͆̒͗̅͊̍̎͐͗͆̄͋͐͐̇͆̚̕̕͘̚͝k̵͓̯̹̘̦̞͔̟̫̺̦̘͓͈͕͚̦͈̪̥̓s̵̛͍̞͉̱̱̺̟̋͗͒͒͊̐͐́̇̀͋͗̐͋̈́̿̑̃̕͝: Arctic War, Murder, Ancient Realities
An Arctic War is Coming: “Beneath the ice, the Arctic possesses untold riches. The region is estimated to contain a fifth of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas reserves and rare earth elements such as gold, nickel and zinc. While most of these are present within the largely undisputed land borders of the Arctic…
weekend links: twilight, starlings, gods
Christianity is Not Monotheistic: “…angels were made to sing. Specifically, to sing the cosmos into existence. That’s why the medievals organized them into ‘choirs.’” Cormac McCarthy’s New Books of Revelation: “Everyone easily notices the Old Testament style, but rather than saints and gods, we encounter simple men who are driven by an instinctive solidarity for…
Weekend Links — Hyperobjects, Temporality, and the Book of Job
Magonia As Hyperobject: “If the UFOs are psychic devices, then the real question is not about the devices or machines themselves, but what they serve as such equipment.” Metacosmos: “Behold the time machine called ‘metacosmos’ that pounds on the fabric of reality. The machine does not travel, it prints a timeline, and the world moves. Unceasing,…
WEEKEND LINKS
A GUIDE to IANNIS XENAKIS’S MUSIC: “When you hear Xenakis’s music – any piece of what we recognise as his mature work, starting with 1954’s Metastasis, onwards – you’re confronted with an aesthetic that seems unprecedented according to any of the frames of reference that musical works usually relate to. You won’t hear vestiges of things…
w̴e̶e̴k̶e̵n̸d̵ ̸l̶i̴n̸k̴s̶
#1: A General Theory of Collaboration: “Anyone who reads Vaclav Havel’s Power of the Powerless will be struck by Havel’s portrait of Czechoslovakia forty years ago—with its voluntary window-slogans; its endless parade of crusades; its inexorable machinery of human cancellation. Havel had the right strategy for the subjects of the total state. First, they must…
“Existence…is the ultimate pathological state.”
“A dark pit has opened in the floor of the living room, and she can see the appetite for cruelty and murder that underpins the foundations of her domestic life.” https://t.co/o5BXxKAWo8 — ᵗ ᵘ ⁿ ᵈ ʳ ᵃ ⁿ ᵃ ᵘ ᵗ (@tundranaut) May 8, 2019