The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
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Yes it was a Nazi salute. Only fools, cowards and fellow travellers won’t say out loud what he is now.

David Lynch’s death feels like one of those vast losses that devours the timeline. Where do you begin? “Lynchian” is as significant a way to see the world as Orwellian or Kafkaesque

I'm actually halfway through The Return and brain deep in TP podcasts and The Secret History. That world has really dominated my life for 25 years (really).

When I came round to the series, it required a little suspension of disbelief, but not really that much because the series just gives so much more.

I watched it over and over again. In the middle of the day. It was intoxicating.

Confession.
Not knowing anything, I watched Fire Walk With Me first.
Best thing I ever did. No context at all and it blew my mind even more I believe as a result.

Endlessness, by Nala Sinephro 10 track album

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Damn fine.

How Things Are Made, by Bernholz 9 track album

I feel good about this thing that I made, for the first time in a long time.
10 years since it was released. That's enough of a milestone for me to share it and my feelings publicly.
I could probably write an essay but that really would feel like an indulgence.
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But today I feel positive about this and I won't let it slip; to remind myself that actually, I did something and it wasn't too bad and had some strong ideas. In spite of some bad production flaws and some over-compensating ideas, I can acknowledge that I was learning and still am.

It's a daily, even hourly challenge. I anticipate negative reactions to this post too, which also makes me worry that I am a useless, indulgent irrelevance.

Allow me an indulgence.

Most of the time, I'm hyper critical of myself, ashamed and embarrassed by most creative things I have done.

Part of my way of working through that is to not be so hard on myself.