Divination should be a way of knowing again. Art makes this possible, I suspect as we can access more than we are capable of understanding. Creativity is an ontological primitive.
The cosmic egg has been coming up a lot in my life lately. Thank you for this new and totally unique angle on it.
Have you ever watched the Indonesia episode from the final season of Parts Unknown? It's my favorite episode of the series for a number of reasons, but one of those reasons is the return throughout the episode to themes related to the universe emerging from a cosmic egg. This is done most prominently through narration centered on "wayang," or shadow play, which places great emphasis on the inseparable nature of good and evil, light and dark, right and wrong, life and death, and so on. But so much in the episode is a subtle nod to it, including even the contrasts in Bali, which is both a paradise and a touristy hellscape (where couples get foot massages together in swimming pools while eating their surely overpriced lunch).
If you've not seen the episode, I highly recommend it. Even just within the first three minutes, we get this little gem.
"For a thousand years, the wayang, or shadow play, has been entertainment for both mortals and the gods. In the shadow world, everything has its opposites. At work within every man are forces both divine and animalistic. The philosophy of the shadow play is to strive for balance. You cannot kill the dominant animal urges within. You must harness them, yet not be controlled by them."
Wonderful read! I wonder about the tention implicit here between mono and polytheism. It is more troubling then i had first thought, and its making its case more tangible with 'woke' culture as its most abtuse menifest. From Hillman to Noah Harari, the post modern is almost inevitably inclined to the polytheistic stand for a semblance of spirit in life (while most reject even that). At heart it is a dangerous reactionary move, crippling the ego - i find to be weaker when big - while empting the meaning out of our most intuitive resistance to the sick and ugly and preverce. I wonder what your thought are about it.
"“The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world.” (Hermann Hesse)"
I am allergic to symbol. Ayn Rand sees a cigarette as symbolizing the light of the mind, of ideas. Sez you.
A cigarette just makes my fur stink.
You are a true mantis with metis.
Divination should be a way of knowing again. Art makes this possible, I suspect as we can access more than we are capable of understanding. Creativity is an ontological primitive.
The cosmic egg has been coming up a lot in my life lately. Thank you for this new and totally unique angle on it.
Have you ever watched the Indonesia episode from the final season of Parts Unknown? It's my favorite episode of the series for a number of reasons, but one of those reasons is the return throughout the episode to themes related to the universe emerging from a cosmic egg. This is done most prominently through narration centered on "wayang," or shadow play, which places great emphasis on the inseparable nature of good and evil, light and dark, right and wrong, life and death, and so on. But so much in the episode is a subtle nod to it, including even the contrasts in Bali, which is both a paradise and a touristy hellscape (where couples get foot massages together in swimming pools while eating their surely overpriced lunch).
If you've not seen the episode, I highly recommend it. Even just within the first three minutes, we get this little gem.
"For a thousand years, the wayang, or shadow play, has been entertainment for both mortals and the gods. In the shadow world, everything has its opposites. At work within every man are forces both divine and animalistic. The philosophy of the shadow play is to strive for balance. You cannot kill the dominant animal urges within. You must harness them, yet not be controlled by them."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g4mRoW1H3E
Fuckyeh
Wonderful read! I wonder about the tention implicit here between mono and polytheism. It is more troubling then i had first thought, and its making its case more tangible with 'woke' culture as its most abtuse menifest. From Hillman to Noah Harari, the post modern is almost inevitably inclined to the polytheistic stand for a semblance of spirit in life (while most reject even that). At heart it is a dangerous reactionary move, crippling the ego - i find to be weaker when big - while empting the meaning out of our most intuitive resistance to the sick and ugly and preverce. I wonder what your thought are about it.