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“I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to myself.” ~Marcel Duchamp   Marcel Duchamp didn't just contradict himself; he weaponized it against the art world. In our fragmented age, his quote invites us to practice the same insurrection.   If you really want to stay ahead of the curve of the human condition, force yourself to contradict yourself. Gather all the ugly ducklings of your beliefs, idealisms and idols, and line them up on the firing sq

“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.” ~Pema Chödrön   Pain is a whetstone. Honing is an honor. Pressure is a privilege.   On a long enough timeline all timelines are blips. The universe is shattered infinity, and your soul is a snail precariously inching its way along the edge of a razor-sharp speck floating through indifferent nothingness. There’s no buffer, save your own sense of humor. There’s no savior, save yo

“People prefer to believe in and worship a god who is remote rather than live out the godlike nature which is their inherent being.” ~Henry Miller   The Big Bang is more your extended roots than it is an ancient event. The universe is less of a distant and separate structure and more of an interconnected cosmos. Picture the Big Bang and the proceeding universe like a cape stretching behind you through time and space. You are the superhero who is wearing that cape. We all are.