for those about to rock

fire

complacence: just good enough; whimsy; the deliberate promulgation of symbols (ribbons a-plenty) and -isms as substitute for exercised human decency; rationalization of "me" and "my needs" (the reason that self-awareness is so important culturally now is that it's a slick way to break with the baby-boomers; somehow, the implicit logic is that self-knowledge makes naked self-interest more ok); marginalizing anything that threatens dandyism by deeming it too serious or angry (fear), or dismissing it with a roll of the eyes or a twirled finger at the side of the head; obscurantism as a substitute for substance.

funny that "purging" and "purgatory" are knotted together at the latin root.

meditation is its own kind of purging.

exercising is a whole lot of fat burning.

fire is a symbol of revolution. purification written on the grand social scale.

that's all preface to a change that's relevant to the blog, and while i'm shooting myself in the foot a bit by being vague, it's unintentional, and i can assure you that when i have a name for this new thing i've got, i'll let you know what it is.

posted by jomilkman @ 9:22 AM