Monday, January 03, 2005

The Theory of Theory

Piercing the membrane of a thought structure begins a process of undermining it's integrity. Although it may be weakened or even destroyed, this alteration will most likely lead to innovation and the inevitable creation of a new system. The process is continual, in fact it is evolution.
Thought, of course is tricky. It is not a singularly created entity. There are so many more variables, than can be accurately analyzed. We may isolate major contributors, but most certainly shall never locate every factor. We must play a game of generalization. Which inevitably is inaccurate. There within is the foible of such analysis.
Cross cultural difference's, language, taboo, insinuation...Make it very difficult to ascertain effective and accurate data.
Since the dawn of humanity we have attached labels to everything around us. Trees, winds, dogs, male, female. We assigned roles to nature, and names so as to try and understand the forces of nature. To the great and small we have attributed symbols to give us some method of comprehension. In doing so we had to relate the realms of the unknown to that of our own. The gods and goddess's are kings and queens for royalty controlled our world and it only made sense that some sort of monarchy must control that of the unknown. We once mirrored ourselves from nature (Neolithic period), then latter we mirrored nature from ourselves. Humanity may realise that the earth is not the actual center of the solar system, yet we still remain emotionaly and spiritualy geocentric.

Monday, September 20, 2004

The Fallacious Nature of Objectivety

The objective is a perversion of reality. Its concept is an aberration of subjectivity. Upon a communal construct of many subjectivities, there is a corruption where upon each piece of the whole images each other as the same. Thus, they move forward under the derision of oneness. Which can never be farther from the truth. It is under the control of a central figure, that the concept of objectivity thrives. There is no coincidence that great leaders are said to have charisma, for it is this which enables power to be wielded. The most unfortunate characteristic of the individual has always been it's fear of singularity. This phobia, which most likely is a product of our instinctual evolution, once keeping us within the protection of the heard is now obsolete. Yet it is a foundation and an deep rooted emotion. This phobia is a blight in the bud. Each person is a seed of immense power, yet we are hindered by the fear of ourselves. This insecurity causes a desire of assimilation and absorption into a structure of control and unnecessary hierarchy.
This is the mentality of all herding mammals. But, it would seem that at this time in human history such reticence and childishness could be left aside. Of course the strong hold of the media on the present Western mind is undeniable. Is it not possible to imagine a world where thinking is the desired effect of an education (formal or not)?Is the free mind an old fantasy, cooked up in the imagination of philosophic decadence? Can democracy pretend to exist if its adherents do not possess the mental capacity to think independently of television, popular magazines and newspapers? Please let's all read a book (non-fiction) which has no interest to us. Force oneself to learn something new; something upsetting, controversial and contrary to our own personal beliefs. Let's learn something

Thursday, September 16, 2004

All Media is Good Media

The solitary passage of a forgotten god is a dismal path, which eventually leads into oblivion. From a solid form gradually dissolving into emptiness. Each step filled with fear, apprehension and hope. Fear of being forgotten, apprehension of becoming a wisp of a ghost and the hope of belief once again. To be whispered into the ears of dozing children or placed into a drama of a pantheon for some dry academic study is better than oblivion. Of course there are degrees of preferable to loathed. Full fledged demonization is better than being a fairy tale pixie or witch. To be polarized as the fiend, or arch evil of a new belief may not be quite so bad. Pan was made to embody all nature of sexuality and lustful reproduction to the mind of Christian believers. This was his consolidation for losing the pagan/Christian theological wars of the Late Roman Empire. It was the morality which shifted, he actually remained in control of his basic area of expertise. In pursuit of the control of the human animal the Catholic Church outlawed overt sexuality and any practice which embodied lustful activities or thought. In a manner Pan just kept up the same old antics, while mother church did all the PR against him. This of course increased his power. Spreading his message not just through out the Mediterranean world but the entire globe.