46. Video used to capture life, now life is captured for video. 47. A War on Homelessness? No, but a War on Words is the American way. 48. Encourage love and hate is sure to follow. 49. An artist sees life and imitates that, but life always sees art and imitates that. 50. When you... Continue Reading →
My dear friend, Tat Erredge, passed away July, 2021. I wrote this essay in 2014, a few years after we had gone our separate ways. While it is certainly not my best work nor is it academically sound by any means, it does offer some insight into my life and a way to honor my... Continue Reading →
29. Endorsements last forever, yet are optional. Most still prefer a racist over a progressive. 30. Always floss between militants for they carry the plaque of society. 31. The hour of disillusionment is upon us, go forth with your counterspell dear agents of tenacity! 32. Wavering radiant light, won't you please tickle my eyelids tonight?... Continue Reading →
I prefer my fish as a paste but my steak as a slice. I wrote this on the survey postcard attached to the magazine I found on the coffee table outside of the bodega I frequented. They let me be near, which was kind. The survey smelled of perfume and I was intent on returning... Continue Reading →
-5- The tower of temptation welcomes the God of Delirium! The gibbering mouth machines cascade down the tower, recording here and recording there; mass producing productions to be consumed, which is a production in itself. Even now suffering is a form of self-enjoyment and eating is a past time activity. The growth of these grotesque... Continue Reading →
-4- People say the funniest things like, "I might have done that," or "I could have been the one to do that." Well, its only strange if you don't agree that we aren't who we were before who we are now. I suppose you might be mad to think you are who you were but... Continue Reading →
Please begin by asking yourself what the word Modern or Modernity means…how do you understand this notion? Is it a period of time? Is it clock? Is it a plane? A vaccine? A printing press? Is it progress? Is it capital? Take a moment and think about its meaning. Now that you have some understanding... Continue Reading →
Beware the solar anus for it may produce four distinct types of matter. Unfettered by shoots and branches the organelles dance atop twin peaks of mayhem. All the parts and processes, nodes of anti-production and forced desire-production, all coupling organisms and enemies of the body, the production machine, comes to a halt when the body... Continue Reading →
Emile Durkheim: A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden—beliefs and practices which unite into one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them….So, at the bottom, it is the unity and diversity of social life... Continue Reading →
Scientology is arguably the quintessential modern American religion; however, there is a serious lack of discourse surrounding Scientology within religious studies, and the academic study of Scientology tends to be heavily biased for or against this religion. The primary question driving this paper is: why has this esoteric, modern, American religion been neglected in the... Continue Reading →
Considerations & Fictions 