in the shade of time
she changes with every sun
embracing the new!

#MastoPrompt - clang
#DailyHaikuPrompt - shade

In an introspective mood today...

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/metamorphosis-portrait-art-sharon-cummings.html

I've only ever gone to North America and Europe, but I'm feeling up to experiencing South America soon. Which leaves Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica to go: after all, why not see all the continents?

Mr. Smoozles season 2 episode 30

#Thoughts

I imagine helping someone-out by money-transfer and then the IDF targets their phone.

“𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎.”

― 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵

The problem with the world is that too many people try to solve those problems by telling everyone else: "Just think like me, and everything will be okay."

If thinking like you made everything okay, why aren't you okay with that thinking?

Should you self-publish your book? My experiences, thoughts, and suggestions for authors on deciding whether to self-publish.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/marketing-2/2013/01/self-publish-your-book

“𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢, "𝚂𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝."
"𝙼𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎." 𝚂𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝.
"𝙸'𝚖 𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎." 𝚂𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝.
𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔. 𝙸𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝.”

― 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘭

The chief medium of Capitalism is desire. It permeates all its forms. We are taught it through culture. We explore it with art, music, film and writing.

If you can overcome desire you can escape capitalist control beyond our basic needs.

I ranted about the apple design, but f*ck it. The bigger picture is more relevant, it doesn't matter that much how much liquid glass an apple UI has, when its controlled by palantir and grounded in techno-fascism for concentrating more power in few and observing the rest.

A great and lengthy Essay by "the stories we tell".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jopmic-McK0
Thank you for pointing me to it via your newsletter @mspro

Some say art should reflect the times, which is why I’m skipping Wes Anderson’s pastel-colored Phoenician Scheme and going straight to the fucked up-ness of Ari Aster’s Eddington.

“Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behaviour. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain.”
— Eckhart Tolle

My #thoughts this evening. I’m beginning to pay closer attention to how dear orange leader refers to Democrats. Honestly, it’s horrifying. He paints #Democrats as subhuman vermin, almost on the same sublevel as immigrants. With the latest move of the regime, making it possible for #VA facilities to deny medical care to veterans based on #Democratic leanings, is actually way beyond chilling. In countries like #Hungary that the regime emulate, opposition political parties have been declared illegal. It feels to me like we’re heading in that direction. Lots of #MAGA supporters have hated #Democrats since long before his infamous escalator ride a decade ago. I remember epithets like evil baby killer being thrown around as far back as the 90s and probably even beyond that. When does this end? Or maybe more to the point, does this end? I do not want to wind up living in an authoritarian police state. #GodHelpUsAll

Alright, took time off yesterday, trying to piece together what to write on past weekend and past few weeks.

First though Sports.

"𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝."

─ 𝘑𝘪𝘮 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯

#Realistic #Expectations Can Reduce Your #Negative #Thoughts

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/a-life-of-nourishment/202506/realistic-expectations-can-reduce-your-negative-thoughts

"𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚢𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚜: 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚌𝚢𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢, 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎."

─ 𝘑𝘦𝘧𝘧 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴