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Sept 03 â24
Remember Verdun.
Not for heroism (no)
but for the senselessness of exploding skulls
and how provincial and bureaucratic rivuletsÂ
erode to trenches of hell.
Remember the ceratopsia.
Not for horns (no)
but that they (too) didnât die for sinning
and that we are their inheritors,Â
the children of Chicxulub.Â
Remember the ENIAC.
Not for crudeness (no)
but for the elegance of its clay and fire circuitryÂ
and its Golem obsequiousness;Â
it will solve our problems, then solve us.
Remember Facemash.
Not for kitsch (no)
but for the upper middle class, finished basement cynicismÂ
and how wild that its basic bitch binary became the basisÂ
for all governance (and everything else).
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Oracle
Each week we consult both the Tarot and the I Ching.
34. The Power of the Great
These first few lines are the general aphoristic returns for the week. They are raw and uninterpreted; there to use how youâd like. (The specific readings follow.)
- In conspiratorial/cabalistic times, influence must be exerted invisibly.
- An impasse isnât always a bad thing; it can be a mature way to avoid violent outcomes.Â
- Balance isnât control, often it is merely a cleverly used impasse.Â
- The proper attitude toward good fortune is to know that it comes and goes â a light touch, shaped by the poles of humor and seriousness (tragedy and comedy) is helpful here.
- Movement and strength, when successfully joined, generate serious momentum, which is wanted for achieving goals â however the energy can be unwieldy and mess with the subtleties needed for proper timing.Â
* * *
From âM.S.â: Human cognition is awesomely economic, that is, the possibility of focusing on a single thing is incredible, but only if that preoccupation happens to be healthy. In an age where our focus is increasingly capitalized upon by corporations wielding increasingly efficient focus-sucking machines â what is some good advice for blocking these forces. (Knowing that âself-improvementâ is itself often a focus-sucking machine for profit.)
* * *
You are going to have to trick yourself.Â
You are not separate from any exterior movements; that is, the problem isnât disassemblable or dissectible. Neither is it mono-directional, binary, or even as wholly contemporary as you are thinking (overcoming negative issues of focus and distraction have been around in the form of meditation, at least since 1500 BCE India).Â
Balance isnât control, often it is merely a cleverly used impasse.Â
Donât be so heavy handed you dork.
* * *
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Two of Swords (reversed). A mature balance  â but with a touch of an impasse, is the intimation here. If opposing forces are equally met at least there is no bloodshed.
Our first hexagram this week is #55, Abundance (Fullness). A âcondition of abundance cannot be maintained permanently.â If bounty is to be maintained at all, it will only be when internal clarity is coupled with energetic action; perhaps call this vigilance. It is also implied that a proper/light attitude toward the ebb and flow of good fortune is important (being âa person who is inwardly free of sorrow and careâ). That is, when things are bad, keep an eye out for opportunities to encourage more favorable circumstances; then when times are good, take full advantage of them, knowing they wonât last.Â
There was one change this week of which the specific note is: To have influence in a time of darkness (âplots and party intriguesâ) one must exert their influence invisibly.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #34, The Power of the Great. âMovement and strengthâ are coalescing â but: âThe hexagram points to a time when inner worth mounts with great force and comes to power. But its strength has already passed beyond the median line, hence there is danger that one may rely entirely on oneâs own power and forget to ask what is right. There is danger too that, being intent on movement, we may not wait for the right time⊠For that is truly great power which does not degenerate into mere force but remains inwardly united with the fundamental principles of right and of justice. When we understand this point â namely, that greatness and justice must be indissolubly united â we understand the true meaning of all that happens in heaven and on earth.âÂ
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We are like sleep,
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Then bees come,
and wipe clean the flowers.
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Oracle
Each week we consult both the Tarot and the I Ching.
1. The Creative
These first few lines are the general aphoristic returns for the week. They are raw and uninterpreted; there to use how youâd like. (The specific readings follow.)
- Be on guard against depression causing misjudgment (whether the depression is abstract, literal and/or chemical).
- The best way to ward off unseen danger is not to deceive yourself as to the reality of unforeseen danger, and then, act accordingly.
- When a bad/destructive element arrives, waste no time â deal with it immediately.
- âSuccessâ comes by âperseverance in what is right... by consciously casting out all that is inferior and degrading.â
* * *
From âL.P.â:Â Should I take psychedelics? I have never taken any, but have always had the inclination. Of course I have some worry, but a responsible opportunity has come up â so I am asking.
* * *
Should you take psychedelics(?) â only if you have strong mental health and the right attitude.Â
The right attitude is having a seriously deep desire to eschew self deception (as much as is possible) â and to be earnestly involved in âcasting out all that is inferior and degradingâ (or at least honestly desiring to do so).
By strong mental health it is meant that psychedelics are supremely powerful substances that focus on transcendentally altering oneâs perceptions. The alterations are so novel and so severe that it is unlikely that anyone who takes them isnât permanently changed. Often the changes are positive, as often they convolute and elaborate subsequent thought structures â but in rarer circumstances, if there is serious depression or schizophrenia (latent or extant) the repercussion can be disastrous. Â
This all may sound dramatic â but perhaps this will help, if ignorance is bliss, then awareness is a kind of hell â and perhaps raw, transcendental gnosis best describes the psychedelic experience.Â
Another way; do you want to be the mouse of humanity slowly being digested in the stomach of the viper of geologic/cosmic causality, for eternity? Do you want to be a stone ape frozen on a forgotten lifeless moon, dreaming of a yellow parrot fluttering free in some tropical jungle canopy â only to all of a sudden realize that this is actually some sort of meta-metaphor for the psychology of all focus to periphery relations â but realizing this because you were able to see your personal histories floating in cross-section after being sliced by five hundred iridescent scimitars of doubt â and saying to yourself, with full terrified confusion âI donât think I will ever be able to put myself back together again.â
If you do want this, then proceed with love, caution, bravery and light.
* * *
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Queen of Swords (reversed). A serious card, made more so by its reversed aspect. When upright the card points to a sharpness honed by sadness. When reversed as it is here, the aspect is pushed towards the dark end of such a quality â misjudgment due to sorrow/depression.
Our first hexagram this week is #44, Coming to Meet. The coming together of powers, elements, and/or people is constant (and necessary). Whether the resultant scenarios are healthy, disastrous, or middling, has to do with the attitude and aspect of the converging elements/parties. But there are no guarantees â a situation can have impossible to see dangers (like deceit). The best way to ward off unseen danger is not to deceive yourself as to the possibility of unforeseen danger, and then, act accordingly.
There was one change this week of which the specific note is:Â when a bad element arrives, waste no time â deal with it immediately.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #1, The Creative. This is the first hexagram of the I Ching, and the most important. Of course life is an interplay of endlessly varied forces, matter, and scenarios â which can come to the fore at any time to be a dominant and supremely determinant (of which are detailed in all the subsequent hexagrams). However, it is The Creative that is at the heart of the I Chingâs ultimate metaphysical proposition. âWhen an individual draws this oracle, it means that success will come to them from the primal depths of the universe and that everything depends upon their seeking of happiness and that of others in one way only, that is, by perseverance in what is right... They must make themselves strong in every way, by consciously casting out all that is inferior and degrading. Thus they attain that tirelessness which depends upon consciously limiting the fields of their activity.â As well... âeach step attained becomes a preparation for the next. Time is no longer a hindrance but the means of making actual what is potentialâŠâ
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August 20 â24
The Ashwan cemetery is bordered on its north and west sides by almond orchards; a long, dark field of corn runs along its southern edge â and to the east, a rough two lane highway â just beyond which is a forest typified by cottonwoods and sycamores. There are no structures to speak of except a modest grey brick caretakerâs shack, and across the highway a slowly decomposing shop with a sign that faintly reads, âStained Glass Junction.â
The Ashwan cemetery is neither particularly old nor particularly popular; the oldest grave being from around 1840. People are still being buried here â though maybe only one or so a month. A lot of families prefer to bury their dead in the GuĂ©non cemetery, about 10 miles south; it sits on a bluff overlooking the GuĂ©non wash, a vast angled plain of manzanita and chamise, dotted with black oaks.
Besides GuĂ©non being more typically picturesque, weâve always assumed that it was the darkness at Ashwan that turned people away â and the sheep.
For just under a century and a half Ashwan shepherds have had an easement to the cemetery and any unplanted grass fields in the township. Since there isnât much of the latter, the cemetery is one of the sheepâs main places for grazing.
The cemeteryâs dimness is caused by the flourishing of about forty ponderosa pines; their presence makes it feel like itâs always dusk (except of course at night). Nothing grows in their shadows except fine fescue-type grass.
The white and gray marble headstones are blotched significantly with pale green blooms of xanthoparmelia lichen and are mostly askew due to the ponderosaâs many surface roots.
* * *
We are seated on a large, flat ledger stone. It is August so everything is bursting green. We are sipping some water from a little blue plastic cup kindly given to us by the caretaker. We are absently looking east through the choppy white stones and broad trunks into the gently swaying darkness of the forest beyond. The only sounds besides the recent blast of a distant freightâs airhorn and the periodic raspy thuds of a shovel hitting dirt, is a light breeze rustling the corn and swishing the pines, and the little, incessant tearing sounds of teeth pulling and chewing small blades of grass.
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Oracle
Each week we consult both the Tarot and the I Ching.
44. Coming to Meet
These first few lines are the general aphoristic returns for the week. They are raw and uninterpreted; there to use how youâd like. (The specific readings follow.)
- Nothing is an isolated phenomenon.
- Shared group reverence for an ideal (not necessarily religious) is necessary for societal thriving.
- If modest and collaborative in spirit, be careful working with pushy/aggressive people, they can lead you astray from your goal. Be vigilant as regards your aim(s) â at all times.
- There must be no forcing, coercing or impatience when trying to reach a goal â only persistence.
- Do not be taken in by appearances when collaborating with other people â they may be lying to you â so do your due diligence beforehand.
* * *
From âR.G.â: In a period of tumult, political/economical/cultural, what is the best way for a shy shut-in freelancer to seek/secure work?
* * *
It is obviously fine to be reclusive, especially today, as the logistics of making a living in such a way are fairly straightforward  â the appearance of the Four of Wands nicely underscores this. But it is important to think about interconnectivity when trying (or preferring) to be alone, that is, understanding that nothing is an isolated phenomena. Shelter, food, employment, companionship (of every stripe) is a deeply interconnected affair â no one is ever truly alone â areas of overlap should be deeply respected and considered.Â
As for âtumultâ you must try everyday not to be selfish and fearful. It is certainly true that in our individual capacities we have very little effect on major, worldwide events, but locally and personally one can change lives for the better, everyday. There is a clear difference between deceptive and covertly narcissistic collaboration and collaboration involving a mutuality of self-care, self-respect, self-expression and self-preservation. Stay with the latter and discourage the former â this will address tumult in the best way.Â
Regarding this last note the oracle had specific advice â be patient, use vigilance not force. This might be phrased as building a reputation â if you are intelligent, have self respect, are sensitive, and hard working, over time it is likely that you will be a wanted asset and be held in high regard â whether you work in an office or whether you work from your bedroom.
* * *
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Four of Wands. This is a card of removal, specifically of withdrawal to the countryside (or to a smaller non-city community). More generally it points to a tendency to retreat into oneâs own space â not necessarily unhealthily or completely alone. A card perhaps pointing to an online community.
Our first hexagram this week is #50, The Caldron. Nothing is an isolated phenomenon... The image here is of a caldron â a container for cooking that can feed a large group of people. However the emphasis of the metaphor is not focused on ingredients or even the iron of which the caldron is made â but of the far reaching elements and aspects that make the nourishment of the caldron possible: the sun, the rain, the wood, the fire. The sentiment is thus: many things need to be in accord in order for a society to be sustained... In the past it was religion, or the worship of a god that imparted this accord â but in 2024 things are quite a bit different; though we personally donât think that the organized religions of the past are the way, we do feel that shared group reverence for an ideal â that is, awe and respect/reverence for the world, its inhabitants and the cosmos, is fundamental for societal blossoming. (Perhaps call this Love.)
There was one change this week of which the specific note is: it is good to be modest and self effacing in a working environment â but there is a danger of being led astray, when working with more aggressive types â therefore constant, vigilant allegiance to an overarching goal is paramount.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #44, Coming to Meet. The I Ching is consistent in saying that there must be no forcing, coercing or impatience when trying to reach a goal â the time must be right. This hexagram continues the council, talking specifically about people coming together: âcoming together must be free of dishonest ulterior motives, otherwise harm will result.â That is, when it comes to mergers; nothing can be left to chance a cleansing of personal bias and a conscientious analysis of the particulars is wanted at every step. As well, there is a particular admonishment mentioned here: do not be taken in by appearances when collaborating with other people â they may be lying to you â so do your due diligence beforehand.
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August 13 â24
Mutabilis, Sunday Afternoon
An avocado hitting the floor with a skin on skin thud.
A glass shoe surprised by moonlight.
A range of mountains looming like an unused gym membership.
A mosquito alighting on a ripe peach.
A sidewalk weed singing: âNature!â
Bright words on a bridge.
A curtain in a window cinched like the waist of a dress.
âA solitary figure in quiet scene of contemplation.â
Dim roses amidst a rapid dusk; a âlavish widowâ nearby.
An electrical outlet painted perfectly in a deeply saturated maroon.
Cypress trees poking the sky like the underbite of a werewolf.
An unremarkable fountain, remarkable for its persistence despite unremarkableness.
From behind a garden bench, a small sign peaks, displaying a single word âMutabilisâ.
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Oracle
Each week we consult both the Tarot and the I Ching.
These first few lines are the general aphoristic returns for the week. They are raw and uninterpreted; there to use how youâd like. (The specific readings follow.)
- Yes, times are turbulent â but the future is always unknown.Â
- In turbulent times make a serious effort to clearly see your own good and bad qualities/tendencies.Â
- In turbulent times try to define goals for yourself, or risk being swept away.Â
- You are important â particularly to yourself.Â
- Try not to let yourself be (wholly) defined by others.
* * *
From âM.G.â: Throughout time, regarding actions and decisions, the oracleâs counsel generally alternates between taking the necessary time before acting, and not delaying actions/decisions and moving forward. As I understand it, the oracle advises exercising judgment over the situation.
However, in turbulent times, when external situations are numerous, complex, and mostly distressing (and one feels overwhelmed), how can we find the beacon that allows us to exercise better judgment over the situation?
* * *
Confusion! Fracture! Yes, a difficult time. But as has been said: Itâs a shame to waste a good crisis â encountering adversity can be a great clarifier.
First, you can not change the momentum(s) of a turbulent world â you can participate in all sorts of change (being an intelligent element for critical mass is important, obviously) â but to be effective outwardly you should have some self knowledge and a (somewhat) clear goal (or goals) â your nature and your goals are the most important things to bring into the light.Â
By nature we mean your most constant characteristics â this includes both the constructive, less productive and even destructive aspects of your personality. Similarly to the massive, above mentioned world momentums â there is not much you can do to change the deep, primordial momentums within yourself but you can be deeply aware of them, and hopefully, learn to work with them. Examples of self knowledge: âI am quick to glean the psychological aspects of a situation.â âI donât like the amorphous beginnings of a project, rather I like to be underway in a project.â âI am a show off.â âI have a long fuse.â âBecause of the horrible, drawn out death of my father, I have a tendency to over-worry about dark dissolutions.â âI hate working in an office.â
By goals we mean your desires generally and/or specifically. âI want to create more.â âI want to be happy.â âI want to work freelance.â âI want a partner.â âI no longer want a partner.â âI want to access my talents.â âI want to love myself.â âI want to know if I can even have a goal.â As the lovely and sincere Terence McKenna said: âIf you donât have a plan, you become part of somebody elseâs.â
How turbulent are the times? What is going to happen? These are questions for the ages. It seems the best move is to try to know (and work with) your chief qualities (good and bad) and to try to figure out some goals to work toward (which could be as basic as figuring out a goal amidst chaos).
You are going to die and there were giant lizards roaming this floating spherical island, so we are not claiming that a certain type of behavior guarantees anything â but what else is there to do but try?
Ultimately, you are your beacon.
(And if you take care of it and strengthen it realistically, you might even be a beacon for others â by asking your question so sincerely, we think so.)
* * *
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Knight of Wands (reversed). When upright the card points to a change of location, like a journey. When reversed, as it is here, the movement is more sudden and carries feelings of fracture and unplanned for cessation.
Our first and only hexagram this week is #57, Sun, The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind). To affect something one has to penetrate the surface, otherwise thereâs no real effect. âPenetration produces gradual and inconspicuous effects. It should be effected not by an act of violation but by influence that never lapses. Results of this kind are less striking to the eye than those won by surprise attack, but they are more enduring and more complete. If one would produce such effects, one must have a clearly defined goal, for only when the penetrating influence works always in the same direction can the object be attained.â
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August 06 â24
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âIntimaticom subscription deficitâ â this is the 10th time; permanently severing our 4th luvluzt chain â our emotions left to whip around like an endless gif of a downed power line. The idea of being on shame boards again with another deadbeater/âfuct-badgeâ is simply too much. Donât think weâll be able to handle starting over with a pillory and a suspended avatar license, dim web or otherwise. No limit to depressing prospects it seems. And the recent passing of the practicable cloned likenesses act has serious ramifications for practicable suicide. (âEven the dead wonât be safe.â)
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Outside another platform on a hardware curb, stuffing the equivalent of 16 bit cheese puffs into our bluebox-level maw. áĄOâ only knows the state of our binarteries â prolog stroke likely â get ready to mummy stare at a single traffic light through erlang goggles for eternity. âSir, your trepan is dripping goo.âÂ
Maybe go back to friction mining for the call.of.looty, grand.effed.automaton militias â not that thereâs any terrestrial snail markets left to tumbleweed or flagboi hqs to drone.Â
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âComments locked.â Oh the good olâ days of rerouting corporate compliance from actual fiber optic marionette strings. Stains of comment pattern density fading. A shadowbot/palimpsest paling outside the apple orchard; âgood luck hacking back you pwned fruit-ghost (nice fuct badge too).âÂ
A single viral unit within the filaments of a boundless North Hollywood condo carpet application. Disgusting doesnât begin to describe what weâve seen.
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Oracle
Each week we consult both the Tarot and the I Ching.
16. Enthusiasm
These first few lines are the general aphoristic returns for the week. They are raw and uninterpreted; there to use how youâd like. (The specific readings follow.)
- Be mindful of your tendencies in significant relationships â are you too realistic or too much of a dreamer? Ignorance here causes stasis.
- In times of chaos and emergence, donât make rash or long lasting decisions.
- In times of chaos and emergence, participate with âinspirationâ and âguidance.â
- Donât use force in difficult times, rather, persevere with humility.Â
- If you are called to act but feel you lack the relevant power â act anyway (and seek assistance).
- A leader must be in accord with the deep seated beliefs of those they lead â there is no other way.
- If your actions are sincere/relevant but are being received with distortion and confusion, bide your time and proceed step by step â do not try to jump ahead.
- âThe Pastâ and the cosmos are similarly mysterious, thus should be met with awe, not cynicism.
* * *
From âM.S.â: So much of latter 20th century theory dealt with the exposure of the (false) binaries (or the lazy binaries or the involuntary binaries) underpinning common life. Thinking here of theorists like Butler, Kristeva, Barthes, Lacan, Derrida, etc. â regarding binaries or binary related concepts like selfhood/otherness, purity/impurity, diffĂ©rence/diffĂ©rance, multiplicity of meaning, male/female, reality/illusion, etc...
At times though, it can seem like their efforts, perhaps because of (something like) an unrestrained (though beautiful) zealousness of interest/passion â and perhaps an unwillingness to integrate/accept the broader limited realities of general human cognitive abilities (reasonable-time-scales-of-adoption) and patient laboratory-level trial and error integration â are possibly causing false binary/polar divisiveness to be rendered more starkly than ever before. Or, at least the indeterminacy caused by their unbridled (yet still lovely) research has created a situation of nebulousness, in serious tension with the implacable, supreme, human desire for stability of understanding/belief â is now being wildly exploited by (relatively) new platform-based technologies fueled by unsubtle binary juxtapositions â that is binary exacerbation profiteers (Mark Zuckerberg, Susan Wojcicki and Tim Cook seem fine bullseyes here for such villainous exploiters).Â
What can be done to encourage activism-level reorientation of binary exposure theories, away from corporate dogmatization/exploitation toward emphasizing the poetry, inherent discursive diplomacy (sophisticated compromise), beautiful/fertile ambiguity and the subtlety of the above cited authors and their theories?Â
We understand that an answer of ânothing is to be done, it is too late â people are too susceptible and corporations are too wealthy/strongâ is possible â (though of course unwanted).
* * *
It is true that art, theory and speculation should be very wary of becoming exploitable dogma. Artists and theorists are not engineers, they are babes in a wood compared to the evil witches/wizards of capitalism and power. Power shifts hands, but doesnât change its nature.
The web is an emergent technology of transcendental significance (a massive change). Change brings chaos. But after chaos comes order. This is true for ârocksâ, âowlsâ, âhumansâ, and everything else.Â
For those committed to their tasks possessing a sincere ethos, they must proceed methodically but with deep humility.Â
So, it is said in the oracle that if a person commits to humble and methodical perseverance through a time of chaos, they will emerge unvanquished.  Â
* * *
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Two of Swords. If you are a realistic thinker then you are likely inclined to think that armistice is a more reasonable way of understanding interpersonal relationships, as opposed to a chill mutuality of overlap. This card relates to the former type described above (not the latter). Pay special attention to how you conceive of personal relations (significant others, coworkers). Are you too Pollyanna about connecting or too Machiavellian? Perhaps some sort of Pollyanna Machiavelli is best...
Our first hexagram this week is #3, Difficulty at the Beginning. Emergence, before an eventual rhythm arrives, is more often than not, chaotic. Chaos is of course a time of confusion and indeterminacy â it is difficult. It is not recommended in such times to make long term decisions â rather, be aware and light on your feet until things settle. âTimes of growth are beset with difficulties... but these difficulties arise from the very profusion of all that is struggling to attain form... any premature move might bring disaster...â Ultimately âone must lend a hand and participate with inspiration and guidance.âÂ
There were three changes this week of which the specific notes are: donât force, rather persevere with humility, if you are called to act but lack the relevant power â act anyway (and seek help), if your actions are sincere (and you think relevant) but are being received with distortion and confusion, bide your time and proceed methodically (step by step) â do not jump ahead.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is #16, Enthusiasm. âTo arouse enthusiasm it is necessary for a person to adjust themself and their ordinances to the character of those whom they are to lead. The inviolability of natural laws rests on this principle of movement along the line of least resistance... only such laws as are rooted in popular sentiment can be enforced, while laws violating this sentiment merely arouse resentment...â That is, a leader must be in accord with the deep seated beliefs of those they are to lead â there is no other way. As well, the understanding of that which has occurred in the past must be in accord with the understanding of the outer cosmos. This doesnât mean that one can fully understand the cosmos or the past, just that the mystery should carry a similar awe â not cynicism.Â
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July 30Â â24
The Black Palm
It is around 8:45 PM at a remote terminus of an exit to Lankershim Boulevard. The area is typified by single story, fairly derelict, light-manufacturing buildings. At this hour, their presence mainly serves to add angles to otherwise shapeless shadows.Â
The ground around is mostly hard packed gravel. Antiquated curbs failing to hem in the desert material.Â
* * *
We are stopped at a red light, alone (except, of course, for all the unseen things that occupy every inch of this planet â and our endless thoughts)
In front, through the frame of our slightly smeary windshield, a massive, single black palm rises out of deep blue mountains â it is silhouetted against a slanted, quickly dimming, orange/amber sky.
The palm gives of no interior detail. It is shockingly chic in its dense, black blankness. Itâs like by some enchantment this goth piñata has made all periphery, central â a voluptuous void replacing topicality and knowledge.
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Each week we consult both the Tarot and the I Ching.
These first few lines are the general aphoristic returns for the week. They are raw and uninterpreted; there to use how youâd like. (The specific readings follow.)
- Be careful taking on too much â not only do you risk hurting yourself â but you can also burden those close to you, harmfully so.
- Success is an illusion, in the same way that failure is an illusion, in that nothing is ever stable. Be vigilant in âsuccessâ. Be vigilant in âfailureâ.Â
* * *
From âM.S.â: It is our experience/understanding that the âmedium is the messageâ â that is, an idea, a thought, or an intention get translated, channeled and grounded in a form. This process is not pure; the idea/thought/intention must obey the rules of the form â or else the idea/thought/intention would not be intelligible. This is true whether the idea/thought/intention be spoken language, a fictional text, a text message, an online post, an online comment, any/all manner of laboratory pursuit, what one wears, any manner of art activity or political action or political discourse, whatever, etc., etc. â ALL are translation scenarios of loss and significant compromise.
It is also our experience/understanding that this process is largely invisible to most â which risks the thoroughly erroneous belief that a lossless pure thought to medium process is possible.
Again, a medium always contaminates a thought with the rules of its form. A portrait of a person in paint is not the actual person but a painted image. A text message is not a direct thought, but a thought translated/compromised into language bound to the very specific rules (and hidden corporate intentions) of a device/platform.
What is the best way to help people see this bedrock conundrum of basic impurity? The implications for corporate control here are dark and deep â the addictive illusions of agency, effective anger, mobility and profit developed and maintained to conceal relative poverty, self-affecting violence and infinite anxiety.
* * *
Well obviously you canât teach the entire world; the âpeopleâ of your query should have been qualified/detailed a little better. But, in any case, your desire is a dignified one.Â
A good, realistic method for educating/collaborating with your peers regarding the dangers of ignoring the compromise/impurity of the idea/thought/intention translation to medium process is tucking such discourse away, at the bottom of a newsletter, as itâs being done here. It feels somewhat casual and non-obtrusive.Â
As well, donât allow for thoughts of achievement or failure â rather mind your Ps and Qs throughout the process. Never believe that you are bigger than your inquisitiveness.Â
* * *
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Ten of Wands. Oneâs desire must overreach oneâs grasp, otherwise no one would do anything â thereâd be no tension for movement/hunger. However such a situation causes problems like the taking on of more than one can handle. Often such oppressive loads are not limited to oneself; they can leak out and burden all that are connected to you.Â
Our first and only hexagram this week is #34, The Power of the Great. Power, talent, momentum and achievement. It seems easy to imagine that were such aspects to be in accord, all would be wonderful. However each of these facets require their own vigilance and forethought. Power can lead to blind narcissism. Talent can be disorientingly mono-directional. Momentum can preclude oneâs ability to be patient and accurate as regards timing. And achievement is always an illusion, as life is infinitely rich in variables.Â
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July 23 â24
CARBAGE #1
(personal Los Angeles notes)
Dark, gum flecked, Jurassic cracked sidewalk.
Lush shadows. Creeping sunshine.
Long, high highway walls. Palm tree top tips. Â
Driving car. Sign selling car.
Drifting feathery clouds like child actor faces. Failed child actor drifter doorway feces.
Lightless ficus. 7-11. Tree of heaven.
Valley. Wireless. Collision center. Sofa burning in Vernon.Â
Grumbling Gus sipping orgone latte at Gower Gulch.
Quesadillas. Available.
Theosophical Disney kangaroo courtyard apartments.
Underpass. Overpass. Billboard patchwork hoop skirt tents.Â
Lime scooter labyrinths. Lime scooter sculptures.
The security guards of the Pacific Palisades.
The high hedges of Bel-Air. The high hedges of Beverly Hills.Â
Hermosa Beach Muska pocket, Osiris D3 fentanyl dreams. Skate and die.
Spray painted elevators to the lizard people.
Drainage ditch witch. Retaining wall hollyhock.
Hippy fumes. Canyon yurt flirts. Shared loft fights.
Out of work best boy seeking forever home.
Dead friendster. Divorce. Ellimidate. Sniffies.
Dusk: Sharp, long manicure tapping crumbly winnebago steering wheel.Â
Dawn: Sharp, long manicure tapping shiny G Wagon steering wheel.
R.M. Schindlerâs dead skeleton at Forest Lawn.Â
Geoffrey Harrison Palmerâs living skeleton somewhere.
Distant dinosaur back mountains made of dinosaur bones; black tar then, no snow now.
Fast. Furious. Tinted windshields. Crypto, swag academy graduates.
Scoliosis avatar husks pretend walking, being marionetted by nervous MIT Geppettos.Â
Invisible cam people performing seances on city wide Superstudio ghost grid from empty apartments. Â
Red Uber blocking brown driveway. Pale green decomposing post-war store front, dirty sheet shade.
Straw hat. Leaf blower. Owl Drug. Pigeons.
Wacky dreams everywhere. Empty windows everywhere.
Pazuzu trash spiral coning in abandoned locked gas station.
âFast track your future.â âWorld famous.âÂ
âKeep out.â âCome in.âÂ
Onion armpits in Runyon canyon.
One big day before one long sleep.
Far off afternoon traffic glistening like blurry river of moving mirrors.
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26. The Taming Power of the Great
These first few lines are the general aphoristic returns for the week. They are raw and uninterpreted; there to use how youâd like. (The specific readings follow.)
- The lingering effect of traumatic or unnerving times can be relieved with responsible integration.Â
- Donât be short sighted in a favorable time. Donât let success relax you (vigilance is an attitude necessary for ALL times).
- Learning, ultimately, is only as good as its application. Get out there!
- To properly/significantly lead you must have the following three qualities: restraint, a desire for communal cohesion (and the personality/charm to do so) and be genuinely caring and nourishing.
* * *
From âM.S.â: There is clearly no right answer or right thing, as far as human knowledge and action are concerned. That is, like one couldnât properly say that the wearing of fake eyelashes is a right decision, as such items are involved (like most mechanically produced consumer products) in labor and environmental activities thoroughly dicey. But on the other hand, if there were two friends who enjoyed wearing fake eyelashes (etc.) together, as a fun activity, and one of the friends died and subsequently, the remaining friend, on occasion, wears fake eyelashes to keep happy memories of the deceased friend alive â most would say that is a lovely thing to do.Â
Therefore, rightness and wrongness is contextual.
But that seems ultimately too loose, like leaving it there just leads to everybody just rationalizing any activity or decision claiming vague context. Not having some sort of moral code or ethical aspiration seems plainly destructive, personally and generally (as well, we say this not religiously or dogmatically, but purely secularly). So, combining those two notions: âthat there is no right thingâ with âone needs an ethical foundation/aspirationâ to be relatively healthy/sane-ish... the best rule weâve been able to come up with is that we should all TRY to do the right thing. That is NOT to DO the right thing (because obviously, as said it is impossible, as rightness is unstable and contextual). So, yes, TRYING to do the right thing seems the only thing to do. (Also, without trying all humanity is lost.)
What does the oracle have to say about this notion that humans should always TRY to do the right thing?
* * *
It seems that you are pointing out the difference between belief/surety and experimentation/attempt. Yes, true belief is of course impossible. Striving and experimenting is really the only way for us humans. But, knowledge/education should be attached to the latter. Experimenting whilst doing your best to log the results but also studying the past (both personally and historically) and then applying the results.
So, agreed, no simple do the right thing. But yes, rather, always try to do the right thing which should be comprised of open experimentation and the application of deep/committed education (studying the successâ and failures of the past).
Also to note, when trying to do the right thing it would be wise to exercise restraint, nurture communal cohesion and allow yourself to be genuinely caring. Charm helps too.
Â
* * *
Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Nine of Swords (reversed). This is a dark card to be sure. When upright the intimation is of being amidst a nightmare. When reversed, as it is here, the feeling is that of being in the shadow of a nightmare â the fallout of trouble. But returning to a less unnerving state is possible, with present and responsible integration.
Our first hexagram this week is #19, Approach. The âapproachâ here is that of Spring approaching from the vantage of winterâs end. That is, the end of a difficult time into a more favorable one. These moments are to be enjoyed and celebrated, but since the seasons (and many activities generally) are cyclical, having  fairly known/standard ups and downs, one shouldnât revel too much, but incorporate fall and winter-esque times into their enjoyment of easier times. All is healthier and more stable this way. âIf we meet evil before it becomes realityâbefore it has even begun to stirâwe can master it.â
There were two changes this week, of which the specific notes are: do not let success relax you (vigilance is an attitude necessary for ALL manner of times) and it is a wonderful thing when a sage (withdrawn wise person) returns to the world of people and helps them.Â
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is 26, The Taming Power of the Great. (Note: we say this fairly often, but it bears repeating, if a metaphor is aimed at a leader of a group, and you are not such a leader, being primarily solo, the lesson can still apply, as there are many aspects of self that need strong, singular leadership.) Here, great responsibility is broken into three necessary elements: that of âholding togetherâ, that of âcaring and nourishingâ and finally of âholding backâ (restraint). It is said that such a person is likely rare and something of a sage. Such a person needs to be âstrong and clearâheadedâ and have this â light and clarityâ as the center of a âdaily renewal of character.â As well, such a person needs to âstudy the pastâ but not simply mere learning (of history, etc.) but to âapply this knowledge.â Learning, ultimately, is only as good as its implementation.
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July 16 â24
We are half-seated, half-laying on a concrete slope of the LA river. The scene is relatively still except for the sound of a small, solitary standing wave intermittently building and collapsing. It seems that this stationary, aqueous ruffling is being caused by a collection of colorful trash, mostly what appear to be firework husks, gathered around a branch caught up in some hidden rocks.
Above this peripheral drama/phenomena, in wild and wyrd contrast, the sun is doing its routine rage â hotly seated in that offensively cloudless field of irreconcilably specific blue â a primordial doubloon.
At the water line, is a small-ish white crane-type bird â presumably hunting (whether carnivore, herbivore, or both). Its feet are bright yellow and mildly puffy, almost like itâs wearing foot gloves made of rubber â combined with the consistent jerkiness of its head â it seems to have a humorous demeanor. But of course it is not humorous, not hardly.Â
* * *
Humans are incapable of understanding the complexity of any situation beyond a certain point; as well, we canât help but see the world from a wholly human perspective, only able to utilize human-based equipment (whether physical or psycho-semiological and bound by a perceptive structure of something like focus, periphery and pattern recognition) and (perhaps terrifyingly) we are surrounded by nearly infinite variables and thus subject to constant, unforeseeable outcomes.Â
This condition though, is almost never admitted. From our perspective this absence calls into question the verity of almost all assertions.Â
* * *
Instead of acknowledging cognitive/conceptual/predictive deficiency, humans almost always, camouflage their imprecision, fragility and vulnerability with a false, bullish confidence. Such deceptive, pusillanimous spuriousness seems to be reaching a saturation point in this era.
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Make no mistake this is a corporate and political age, and terrible because of it. The hook, line and sinker acceptance of these modes obscures the pathways to all truth â what is the truth(?!) that there is no truth â there can only be engagement, artistic speculation and (hopefully dignified) compromise.Â
All the corporate and political leaders have is fear â inward and outward facing. They trick us into engaging and believing in all sorts of endless, pop-up, embroidered oblivions â making us forget that we all have our very own tailor made apocalypses waiting for us â and donât need to be dependently mollified at all times, from theirs.
These political and corporate modes have no poetry, no curiosity, no dĂ©rives, no joy, no ability to thrive without winning (as if) and control (đ). Only fear-born, false certitude.
It is in contrast to this political and corporate panic merchandising that the artistic impulse (the utility of speculation) is revealed in its proper defiant significance â âall art is uselessâ that it why it is useful, it doesnât pretend omnipotence.
* * *
Why does Rick Owens have an sarcophagus at the terminus of one of his hallways? Perhaps itâs because he doesnât know what life means and allows himself to be confronted by the ravishing inscrutability of death.
Why did Donald Judd make furniture of physically excruciating right angles? Hardly because of function. It was to lyrically and elegantly intimate beautiful but impossible order.
Why does Marquel Williams have a massive blunt, i-beam, angling out of the floor to over-support the back of his âBeam Club Chairâ? Perhaps to actually feel a gesture in a world of many vague, bland and interminable gestures... To us, the design is metaphysical not ergonomic.
Imaginative acts are beautiful when they flirt with function.
Also of sincere interest is Marquel Williamsâ other deep project:
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Each week we consult both the Tarot and the I Ching.
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22. Grace
These first few lines are the general aphoristic returns for the week. They are raw and uninterpreted; there to use how youâd like. (The specific readings follow.)
- Structural soundness comes from deep methods like math and engineering, not by aesthetic preoccupation (this is not a comment on art but on surface fixations).Â
- Behold the distant heavens; see how they pierce you and all the world(s) around you.
- Freedom is an illusion; it is wise to accept the reality of interdependence (sun to food to eating, etc.).Â
* * *
From âM.S.â: Being that humans went from riding atop animals, as a main form of transportation, to having all manner of engine-based mobility, in a crazily short period of time â and from having to send correspondence via boat or car or train to instantly seeing your friendâs (and otherâs) lives without synapse or delay on portable screens, also with very little transition... Not to mention the innumerable, insane effects of radical technological changes, generally... And keeping in mind how specifically so many of us go from relative health into deathly decline... (And please know, we know, that the following question may be quite trite...) What is the best attitude that one can adopt to deal with so much instability and change?Â
* * *
Perhaps a difficult relationship to Change (writ large) points to an absence of an awareness of the interdependence of all things â you might be believing that the swirling eddy of self is actually self contained â but that would be wildly wrong. It might be that you are unable to accept your insignificance and live in the dream of narcissistic âachievements.âÂ
We are all mere decorative notes to minuscule occurrences within vast systems, of which are within inconceivably larger systems â which themselves are in even larger _______.Â
Interdependence and novelty are our lot. If we accept this, that is, that we are part of and dependent on our world (which is an inarguable truth) and we accept that we mostly donât really know anything (another inarguable truth) then how can we be surprised by change?
* * *
Complete Reading
This week we pulled The Star. The Star is the far off âtruthâ â the unknowable, but all-piercing substrate â the âsupernal Understandingâ made manifest. It is the symbol of the undying/moving/dancing animator(?) of all things. Another way, we move at a certain self-referential speed, thinking we are important and separate from all else â The Star is the All Else that we are inextricably apart of.
Our first hexagram this week is #30, The Clinging, Fire. Here we have a thoroughly beautiful metaphor/exposition regarding what might be put as freedom and enlightenment. In short harmony is dependency (relinquishment to the truth of interdependence). No person is an island (forgive the hackneyed proverb) â all things require all manner of multi-life-form reciprocity to survive â pretending independence is a dream or illusion. Â âA luminous thing giving out light must have within itself something that perseveres; otherwise it will in time burn itself out. Everything that gives light is dependent on something to which it clings, in order that it may continue to shine... Human life on earth is conditioned and unfree, and when a person recognizes this limitation and makes themself dependent upon the harmonious and beneficent forces of the cosmos, they achieve success.â
There was one change this week, of which the specific note is: many dangers are not survivable but often the best way out of a perilous event is by following the path of least resistance.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is 22, Grace. Beauty is not essential, that is, elegance of form (etc.) is not the causal or main part of any important mechanism â beauty is not structural but decorative. âGrace â beauty of form â is necessary in any union if it is to be well ordered and pleasing rather than disordered and chaotic... However, it is not the essential or fundamental thing; it is only the ornament...â It is important not to spend all of oneâs time on a pleasing appearance. If a significant project like a relationship or architectural construction is to be sound, its creation cannot be preoccupied with outward form but rather with the principles of engineering and systematic nurturing.
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June 25 â24
Worry shaped word.
Word shaped world.Â
Universe shaped verse.
Verse shaped unit.
Mammary shaped memory.
Memory shaped method.
Apple shaped pear.
Ape shaped people.
Utter ancient efficiency.
Never in error â always causal.
Word shaped world.Â
Universe shaped verse.
Verse shaped unit.
Mammary shaped memory.
Memory shaped method.
Apple shaped pear.
Ape shaped people.
Utter ancient efficiency.
Never in error â always causal.
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Susan Howe, That This (2011)
Mimmo Paladino at Cardi Gallery (2021)
Beauty:Beast, Fall/ Winter (1999-00)
Megan Rooney at Croy Nielsen (2016)
Robert Altman, The Company (2003)
Oracle
Each week we consult both the Tarot and the I Ching.
To submit your own question,
send an email to oracle@cargo.site
To submit your own question,
send an email to oracle@cargo.site
2. The Receptive
These first few lines are the general aphoristic returns for the week. They are raw and uninterpreted; there to use how youâd like. (The specific readings follow.)
- Take sincere time to list the aspects of life that you love or find beautiful â not to deny the dark/horrible aspects, just to make the good clear.
- Watch for selfishness/narcissism in the areas of which you are leader.
- Leading is about the people only.
- Outward force should never be greater than inner equilibrium.
- Displaying power to persuade is a disastrous short term solution.
- True power is rarely visible on the surface.
- To properly use/orient the creative forces of this world one first must understand limitation and context.
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From âM.S.â: We have a follow up question to last week. The answer, though sincerely appreciated, set us back on our heels a bit (please know, if we have any âstandard ethicsâ one would be the deep appreciation of honestly attempted feedback).Â
We live knowing were are different, and subsequently, have never thought of ourself as a paradigm for the world at large, but we hadnât really, really considered/accepted that a belief in art and poeticism is actually/ultimately insignificant (and parallel) to how most people live, and will be living (both in their improvisational and premeditated lives). That is, your answer tapped into a deep feeling of personal, and cosmic, irrelevance. As well, it might be said that we have suicidal tendencies â on which such feelings of disconnect, feed. Any thoughts regarding how to deal with the unimportance of personal ontologies/outlooks, that is, having a feeling of general meaninglessness? Is suicide or not committing suicide the proper response to feelings of cosmic/social peripherality?
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To some degree, most people harbor a logic that the world should conform to their own visions and desires â likely it is an issue of having hermetically sealed brains (absolutely private thoughts only translated, very roughly, through the proxy of language). The general tendency of humans to see the world in human terms is anthropomorphism; when an individual does it, it is called egomorphism.
When you are out of phase with dominant modes there will be much pain â as you know. And if you are truly different, that is, more than average, it will be compounded.
One cannot serve/lead two peoples. You must relent allegiance to the more powerful one. In this case it seems that your inner world is stronger/louder than the external one. Lead yourself. Strengthening a personally dignified inner world is better than bumbling over an endlessly novel, thus mystifying, external environment.Â
As for suicide, please note that the oracle, of which you consult â comprised of both the tarot and the I Ching â are based on ideas of perpetual change. (The I Ching after all is called the Book of Changes.) Nothing stays the same â good or bad. Try this: every day, name a few of the things that you love (it would be good to include some aspects of self in there). Attempt not to tarnish the thoughts with counter thoughts and complications. Keep it simple. Weâre not saying to ignore dark thoughts, but detailing shadows is a separate activity. There simply arenât only rotten aspects to life.
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Complete Reading
This week we pulled the Emperor (reversed). It is easily forgotten that the people are more important than the ruler. When upright, the card points to a leaderâs main role, serving people through responsible, unselfish decision making â however, when reversed, as it is here, the implication is of a narcissistic leader, who ignores, or is deaf to, their role as a reliable, ethically-striving, overseer.
Our first hexagram this week is #34, The Power of the Great. A âtruly great power does not degenerate into mere force but remains inwardly united with the fundamental principles of right and of justice...â We take this as being in accord with the larger situation â to be sure, this isnât just regarding the world at large (like a society) but also in relation to our inner world. Some aspects of personality are geological and meta, highly individual qualities baked into our behavioral code (like traumas or significant youthful inculcations). One must try to really engage these inner global aspects or risk real danger.
There were a whopping four changes this week, of which the notes are: outward forces should never be considered more than inner equilibrium and displaying power, to persuade, is a disastrous short term solution and true power rarely is visible on the surface.
Our second hexagram, the one that suggests how best to meet the challenges (or the changes) is 2, The Receptive. The two chief, primordial themes of the I Ching are contained in the first two hexagrams: #1 The Creative and #2 The Receptive. The ordering is important; first comes the Creative â the Ă©lan vital â the emergent life forces of all origination. The second is (obviously) the Receptive â âaction in conformity with the situation.â To properly use/orient the creative forces of this world one first must understand limitation and context. It is only here that one is âto find the right guidance.â âThe superior person lets themself be guided; they do not go ahead blindly, but learn from the situation what is demanded of them and then follows this intimation from fate.â One does not shape the world, the world shapes us.