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“I have gained this by philosophy; I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.” ~Aristotle   Audacity. Daring. Insouciance. The courage to be dynamite when everyone else is choosing to be rocks. The impudence to pull Heaven into Hell or raise Hell into Heaven. The fearlessness to slap false gods in the face while everyone obsequiously obfuscates their existential angst.   If philosophy is good for anything, it is good for rubbing the s

“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