Saturday, July 30, 2005

Steps towards a new philosophy of life

1. Break the law at least once per day. Violate the inane or senseless rules in acts of creative disobedience, in ways that do no harm to others. The more you do this, the more self reliant you will become. "To live outside the law, you must be honest." (Bob Dylan)
2. Piss somebody off at least once per day, someone who deserves it, and do it with a smile, in such a manner as to encourage that person to question the stultifying habits they unthinkingly pursue, or at least to make them a smidgen more miserable for hating you and your kind, thus confirming their sadly wanting social identity wallowing in thoughtless and casual bravado. Become the person nagging inside their otherwise forgettable dreams. Run interference into the predictability of habitual living. Cf. Socrates.
3. Converse with people outside your comfort zone each day. This means people of varying skin shades, belief systems, social classes, nationalities, ages, genders, persuasions.
4. Catch yourself doing something incredibly stupid, and then laugh at yourself for it, preferably in the company of others. The stupid part shouldn't be difficult at all. Recognize that you will always do stupid things, and the stupidest people of all are those who think they can reform themselves out of this species-level attribute.
5. Make room for the contradiction, the paradox, the oxymoron. You don't always need to speak in complete sentences. The daylight, the evening, a series of fragments.

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