tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post1637658988322768818..comments2024-03-25T08:59:38.714-06:00Comments on ECOLOGY WITHOUT NATURE: Every Trick in the BookTimothy Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05067377804366363020noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-60205916115469874092021-10-03T08:53:13.719-05:002021-10-03T08:53:13.719-05:00I'm a painter, so a proclamation that dance is...I'm a painter, so a proclamation that dance is the default art - that everything is made of it - is challenging. I'm wondering if painting, or any art form that is not dance, violates your philosophy of overcoming "nature".<br /><br />I've recently discovered Clayton Eshelman's Juniper Fuse, and his idea that "the fall" happened in the caves during the Upper Paleolithic, and though he does not isolate the imagery on the cave walls, he certainly gives them some credit for acting as a catalyst - or, at least, one of the terms of a dialectical movement... the "push" away from being-animal toward being-human.<br /><br />I think Eshleman's ideas add ballast to your philosophy of ecology without nature. I wonder, though... what do we do with all the broken hammers? I make broken hammers. I make as many as I can, and they help me cope. Is ecology without nature recognizing broken hammers for what they are, or is it an attempt to rid ourselves of the need for them?<br /><br />MDMA, in the brain of someone with weapons-grade anxiety, produces an extraordinary calming effect. I could imagine being completely chill and introspective as the apocalypse unfolded before me. The "hangover", however, is a low like no other. Too risky, and even the "memory" - listening to Makoto-Osiris, for example - takes me to the place that overlooks the void. A place with no Other, perhaps, but a place with potentially no me, as well. I lack the upgrade to deal with that sort of thing directly.<br /><br />I had a very positive experience with the band Gojira, and the song We Were Made for One Thing on their latest album Fortitude. I'm not a metalhead, but every so often I hear a metal tune that has a SSRI effect in my brain which makes me much more chill in the face of the apocalypse, but not so chill as to not care, anymore. The only hangover is the sound of my heartbeat. The default drum/bass?<br /><br />I enjoy your analyses of music. Your thoughts on Pink Floyd and The Cure have been especially thought-provoking. I've been listening to both those bands for as long as I've been listening to music.Josh Whipkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03298070374553921091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-67173017428957915882021-10-02T09:17:51.913-05:002021-10-02T09:17:51.913-05:00best build & most joyful Makoto vibes since Go...best build & most joyful Makoto vibes since Golden Girl<br />https://youtu.be/JpmKyfsHrCQJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057950360293760799noreply@blogger.com