Freefall onto foundations: 2017

Wednesday 1 November 2017

Tomorrow's Shadow

Tomorrow is always looking back at us

We chase it
We appeal to it
We prostrate before it
We bathe in its shadow
But it is not loyal to us

We rise anew everyday not knowing if tomorrow will divorce us

But what choices do we have

Appeasement or abandonment

We are enveloped in its judgement
For one day there won't be a tomorrow we can move with our will to make or
mould molehills or monuments

These sentiments
Bring relevance to our present predicaments

Shall we forever live for a time we will never grasp
Or do we sacrifice a part of our precious commodity being a present presence
To present our future descendants with

To take up the baton previous generations didn't want to run with

Should we build pyramids of sand castles

The path of least resistance

The path of least resistance is

Inviting
and
It will never reject you
And
It doesn't judge
Or ask for anything

if you look at it a certain way

But with the constant scandals
War and the like

I wondered this week on twitter out loud
Where is the solution

For I feel in some sense we are trading weighty words or our worth

for loud words and flashiness

A microphone is easier to use than a pen

So the decry when an another atrocity is thrust into the view of our collective consciousness
We clamber to the safe spot we can use our microphones
But not the pens to pen a plan of prevention

For it is not as if we don't know the troubles that plague our world and our souls

So we can't even feign ignorance

So why when we have the knowledge of our flaws and failings

Why are they still glaringly here to pass down to future generations

It's not even that we don't have the capability to solve all our main problems
In say a week

Hunger
War
Racism
Sexism
Homelessness
Etc

We have the materials or the ability to not fan our own flaws

Aka stop participating in wars and pulling the triggers of guns

But yet why do they persist

For flaws always adorn the path of least resistance

It's easier to throw a punch than to examine my insecurities

It's easier to build than to destroy

You maybe thinking
Ah aha
Aren't you also using a microphone
Aren't you
Simply amplifying noise
To grab attention

We all know of the phrase

Be the Change you want to see

But if you are the only one who changes
What change can there really be

It's not about isolated changers
But butterfly effect changes

We need to be as quick to share what will uplift us
As we are what horrify
Titilates or amuses us

Monday 25 September 2017

Wholesome reflections from murky surfaces

There is a tug o war inside of us
Perpetrated by our wants and desires
With regard to ourselves and the external forces we come into contact with

It is how we deal with the exertion put upon us that evidently defines us

The quest for normalcy of or that

The quest for normalcy of
Is a quest with neon lights and guided tours that many choose
The safety in numbers is the guarantee of a superficial sense of belonging
A welcome mat that only requires you to contort yourself into the style of the day

What is so interesting about it
Is that the many who choose this proposed pain free path
Claim and declare their uniqueness
They will concoct soliloquies to their proposed difference whilst assembled in the assorted attire of sameness

These inner yearnings to the allure of something with depth
Something with contrast

But not too much contrast
Where superficiality will even steer their reflection

But do the dreamers and people of tomorrow
Really want to outskirt dwelling outcasts or do they perhaps

Want the normalcy that they have a reflection also
They can dwell in other abodes and also can have homes in which they can find sanctum and warmth

Until then
Imagination will have to be sanctum and self reflector

Friday 4 August 2017

I'm only a humanist

I'm only a humanist

We've been sold
A dream
From which we are not to awake from
To aim to save everyone but ourselves

I must always sacrifice
My nourishment
My security
My sense of self
For the good of the tribe

A tribe which doesn't have my well being or my good
on their agendas
(You can check
I'll be waiting)
That their continual biting of hands that feed them should be a badge of valor
Even if because of such actions
You can't bring that same hand to feed yourself
The hunger pangs of the righteous

But If I ought to contort myself to alleviate the ailments of the other
As an act of that that is human
What does it make those that I hand healing to

Inhuman as their situation
What is my goal with these acts
Is it to awaken their humanity
Or to be an evangelist to the euphoria of being imbued with the essence of humanity

Raising backsliders in this Sisyphean cycle
Of
Tasting the elusive

To the point where
These humanitarians of hope
Are themselves powerless to up lift
the help-challenged

What use can be found in the throw away pieces of currency
Less than 1% of your income
Aiming to be empowered by the people who are circumstantially north of your position
Who use your predicament as motivators to their mediocrity

At least I don't have your existence
At least I don't

I'll complain about a job I don't like
But will never quit
Because I don't have the tools for anything but this
To work harder for someone else than I'll ever work for myself
To never get a pat on my back
A tip of the hat 🎩
Lucky that they only want me to sell my hours for the right not to be homeless
They could demand I stand on one leg for an hour
Or be defloured and devoured
Because money is
money is
right

Can what you do be separated from who you are

Can what you do
and
what you are
be separated

This theme has been wrestled with by all of us

We could calculate that what you are is the summation of what you do

Which gets us into a grey area in regards to potentiality
decline
And fame

Such as if you claim you are a singer we will believe you can sing and will seek proof

Which is why in this area of sensory deprivation and sensory overload we can be fooled by moving images
Sometimes we enjoy this in regards to the film industry
But then we have photoshop which we may not universally like

We are in an age where we are splintering reality
Think about actors and actresses nowadays they have to if the plot calls for it act with imaginary people and scenery
We could just put that down to an actors/actresses job
But here is the kicker
They can act in a production and not know how the finish article may look
They can see themselves on screen talking to a dragon
All well knowing dragons don't exist and that what they are seeing and what they remember seeing are in two different realities

I previously gave an explanation but here is another one
Couldn't doing be but the physical will plus manifestation of the being

If we look it at in its purest form

Getting back to the acting
We know how someone may represent themselves on screen via a character
That representation is probably not them if definitely not them

In someways many of us toe this line daily

You may work at a job aka doing a profession
That you believe is not you aka being

But is that but a mental divorce especially if you are giving up your time
and energy
especially if this continues for years

I think this is a question we need to grapple with

It has overarching consequence
Like the nature of existence
The righteousness in retribution
How important is the mind
Conscious and subconscious

Ps

Actors don't let their characters get paid instead of them
Imagine if they paid voice actors with currency they drew for the animated film

Renaissance people

Renaissance people

Jack of all trades you may have been knighted

People of tomorrow in the world of today
Outside of rules and regulations
In a world not yet accommodating
We must make our own accommodations

Because in a world of boxes where do rivers fit in
What's a renaissance person you might be asking
It could be simply
a person who is not simply defined

We are seeing more of these hybrids
Such as actors that are
Writer as well as
Directors

Or producers that are also
Rappers
Singers
Songwriters
Manager
CEO of a record label
Entrepreneurs

At the same time

But for many they either won't see them as a die (dice)
but rather as the number you can see at that time

Or that's just for the creative or the performing arts

Where do the mere mortals or the less economically salient individuals

Fit into this narrative

I think first
1.
by introspective ways as always but always
Acceptance of others as well as ourselves
2.
Then we have cultivation
Resisting the urge to live through others
3.
Not having the drivers of change that is inside of us being spent paying attention to the accolades or activities of others
To the detriment of your own
4.
Then we have promotion
Of either lifestyle or business
Creating spaces where talents can be displayed or be at home
5.
Also the reduction of limitations
That success or expression is only for others
6.
Lastly we can't be afraid to fail or to be ridiculed

As with all change there needs to be a removal of the old

Pigeon holed potential

Pigeoned held in the purgatory of potential

That's where I am now
No rope
No ladder
just a slope
Unfazed if it impedes my progress or will it lead me to regress

Distress
Whilst being
In quote
blessed
But blessed is not perfect
So it won't assuage my hunger
Or massage my soul
Since I don't hold what I consider to be my fruits of success

I've laurels to rest on
So do us all
But do we all have that thing
You know that thing
That can rise us from any low
That goal
That showcases our shimmer of supremacy over mediocrity
Over unadulterated odds that could of destroyed us

I can see the top of the mountain face I am climbing
Which is meant to be reassuring but it is also taunting
Because you've never done something until you have done it
So being in it shadow can be spun into a web
We use to congratulate ourselves
But I refuse
I refuse
To have my successes be assigned
Value
Gauged against the failings of my contemporaries

Boasting betterment over others inadequacies
Pointing fingers at others to obscure attention from the goals I could achieve
So I am in the shade of my ambition

Though
How does one exist in this state
The state often forgotten
The state you are not prepped for
Who preps for the pangs of hunger
For the dry mouth
Whilst seeking sustenance
A place you will rarely revisit or ever be within it clutches

Friday 26 May 2017

Regretted reflections

Find your place in the world is a journey many of us are on
We may know complicitly that we are not for our own best interests but the interests of our demons and the whims of our lower selves
But the limits we put on ourselves that is our choice and we shouldn't be mad since we've made our choice even inaction is a choice
Such as the choice to hate and not to ask for help or use them to inspire us

That's why some of us avoid mirrors
Lies are just that lies
They aren't the truth
A Wolf 🐺is a wolf even if it's in sheeps clothing
We are what we do
If we are great 👍🏿
Where is the evidence of such
Where is that in our reflection

Why have regret
Why have a secret that will immobilise you if brought into the light

We are who we are
We must learn to love ourselves
But truly love ourselves
Not via the misfortunes of others or the malaise that we meander past which we can draw vigour from its well to replenish our lust for life

We are all creators but we must work on the craft of creating
Because sometimes we look back at our creation and we don't see the identicality of the image it was drawn from
Living in the shadows of the ideas we think we resemble
Claims to fame being nothing but the clawing onto the end product of others endeavours

May we have the strength
To not need others to lend us theirs
May we have the strength to have the stamina to assemble the will power and self drive to resemble the us we want to be

May we have the strength to refuse the excuse and disuse the procrastination

Wednesday 12 April 2017

Unweighted flight

Unweighted flight

We have talents dreams
And possibilites
But we may not address this
Where you may see a bird 🐦 in the sky
And decry I want to fly
The action without thought to what enables that action
Do you want to fail more times than you succeed
Will you continue to try even when others don't believe that you can achieve
Even if you get no support will you be driven to realise your goal
Will failure deter you or spur you
Are you willing to learn from others mistakes
When you can fly will you teach others
Did you even learn from your journey

💦If you don't sweat you don't get

💦 If you don't sweat you don't get

When you work for something
You are following the direct link of cause and effect
So appreciation and gratitude is in abundance
But when you divorce cause from effect at either sides you have problems

Not being able to reap the benefits of your work
Which invalidates your autonomy and devalues your self-identity
Or you get causes devoid of their origin
Gluttony and lack of appreciation is then found in abundance
You may receive that which you don't deserve

With this effect driven society we live in
You start to see imbalances
Body issues
Problems with appreciation and gratitude
Lack of a work ethic
Also a lack of boundaries
Lack of patience

For example if you knew something was rare and was laborious to make and to acquire
You wouldn't mistreat such an item
You also wouldn't get addicted to it
Since it is a luxury item

With our society
We have the skilled and the acquirers of the work of the skilled

Where the person who has 💯 boats is seen to be richer than the person who can make 100 boats
Where the acquiring of amazing works of art is seen as on a par as being able to create them

Tuesday 4 April 2017

Speed gauge

Speed gauge

Speed
Distance over time
What is speed without the gauge

What is the gauge that we can judge life with
Is there only one

Can we have personal
Cultural and collective

This had got me thinking
Can you really tell how far you've gone if you don't look back

There we then have then have the markers of others to see how far we've gone or sometimes how far we are moving
Like when you are running 🏃🏾
When you look to the side and see trees and people becoming a blur you know you are in movement
Because speed can't be divorced from movement
Also speed gives weight to movement

So speed can be a gauge for movement
For example the 100m sprint in the olympics
Is a very fast event all the in this case men run 🏃🏾 100m in lest than 11-10 seconds
Judged next to usain bolt they are slow but if you judge them next to most supporters in the crowd they are superhuman

This brings me to who or what do we gauge ourselves against
Because via perspective every lost can be a win
Such as the participation trophy 🏆
You could forgive any of the other athletes for thinking they are slow if they only gauge themselves against the best

Wednesday 22 February 2017

Beliefs are the police of the mind

https://www.google.com.br/amp/s/genius.com/amp/Saul-williams-fck-the-beliefs-annotated?client=safari

Saul Williams once decried beliefs are the police of the mind
For all the status
Strength and wealth
Ideas are more valuable and stronger than them all
We forget or are ignorant to how strong the mind is

When we think of health we think of the body but regularly forget the mind
You find world leaders are not usually in shape 🏋🏿🏋🏾♀️
And bodybuilders are not usually voices of a movement
Beliefs can empower us but also cripple us and can be exploited

How many groups have been infiltrated by informers

We are all have our own police forces in our heads but how strict is our own department
Do we aggressively attack the unknown
Do we distrust all newcomers
Do we reward loyalty at all cost
Deep seated ideologies reign supreme
Do we have the rookies
Do we look after our own at all costs
Do we aim to update or do we aim to maintain aka stagnate
Whilst only replacing ideas due to wear and tear

Do we get our ideas all from the same store

Like how you can get an IKEA fitted house

Are we individuals
Do we only want to be when it suits us
We want to be parts of bigger collectives but decry that we are individuals even if we are indistinguishable from the mob

Are our police force more like passport control
Simply checking if the documentation is correct and then we let the ideas pass through
Or are we more like an airport
With rigorous checks and pat downs

For all the outside world has to offer which is innumerable
What do we really know of ourselves
Are we mediocre humans in high class clothing or with an extraordinary exterior
How can we process the truths of the world without processing the truths in ourselves
What good is clean water if we are drinking from dirty cups

What happens when I leave my borders and enter yours
How might your police 👮 treat me

Tuesday 3 January 2017

Site of defeat

There is nothing as sweet or as

Humbling

as returning to a place where you tasted defeated

And coming back as a victor

Fulfilling promises to your former self

Taking back in retrospect the respect you deserved

But didn't receive

As another year closes

I look toward to that which opened and what

I managed to conquer

What things did I become acquainted with

What shackles were I freed from

There is also nothing like a previous foe

Having the belief that they can relive their previous

Feats at your expense

Then having to backpedal and plead for you to be what

They couldn't

Or wouldn't be

May we not be prey to our vices and may we delight in our achieved goals

@rebelreasoner

@theartistephilosoher

Freefall onto foundations