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Author Archives: Shyft
So, you didn’t even participate, and you still want a trophy
We fought for better working conditions. We got better pay. We got forty hour work weeks. Benefits! Workers’ unions were put in place to protect these things, and push for more. These things became status quo. Now we have anti-union … Continue reading
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Tagged capital, capitalism, centrism, exploitation, ideology, Martin Luther King, moderate, political spectrum, politics
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Who wants to join my cyberpunk centrist nu-metal band?
Who wants to join my cyberpunk centrist nu-metal band? I am trying to understand politics/economics. I empathized with Plato’s fears of democracy, but I couldn’t get down with his censorship of art (yes, I actually liked his caste system for … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, anarchy, capitalism, capitalist, communism, economics, hegemonic masculinity, philosophy, politics, socialism
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Generalizations
From an important perspective, there are three kinds of generalizations. One reflects a minimal personal observation. One reflects coincidental norms. One reflects systemic behaviors. Why make a distinction? Because not all issues can be discussed on the macro or individual … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, language, philosophy, social systems, understanding
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Cing of Cogs
I knew that I wanted it to be a concept album. I knew that I wanted it to represent the aesthetic of the Cogs, the army of gods and anomalies that are the only beings in a distant future capable … Continue reading
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Tagged Cing of Cogs, concept album, music, Shyfted Dreaming, Synthetic Experiments
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Art, Entertainment, Escapism
In a dark and twisted world too much of pleasant and cheerful aesthetics is escapism. Last time I talked about happiness-seeking and how it relates to apathy toward societies. As an artist, it’s only natural for me to stem from … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, art, entertainment, escapism, happiness, inspiration, meaning, philosophy, psychology, virtuous art
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The Time is Not Right For Happiness
Happiness, as a state of mind, is a pacifier. For all practical purposes in an imperfect Universe, the words ‘happiness’ and ‘complacency’ are exactly synonymous. Idiot, via Old French via the Latin idiota, which came from Greek in the form … Continue reading
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Tagged getting involved, happiness, philosophy, politics, society, suffering
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Some thoughts on personal validation
Reassuring our selves that others validate us is different from the active validation of others, though both phenomena depend heavily on our perception of other people. Why? Is it because we do not trust our memories? Per haps it … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, emotion, feelings, happiness, philosophy, psychology, relationships, validation, wellness
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An other story comes to a close
On January ninth 2016 I began writing the third part of my second trilogy, an existential, speculative fiction piece about time travel, war, friendship, ethics, and purpose. On August third 2016 (at about two-thirty AM) I wrote the ending to … Continue reading
Explaining our interest
This six-year-old ‘darkly cute’ instrumental piece on glock, heavily edited tuba and bowed violin, and drum and steam samples accurately represents how I feel this morning (and I composed, arranged, and produced it). Almost two months ago, after three and … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, emotion, intimacy, love, relationships, understanding
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Hippy-woo Energy Magic
Spiritualism. The purpose of spiritualism was once to add a mystical element, an unmeasurable variable, to the natural world, to fill all of the gaps in our understanding of physics/chemistry/biology/psychology. It subdued our fear of the unknown, so that said … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlife, ether, ghosts, life after death, magic, spirits, spiritualism, woo
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