tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098887240471953238.post4872825400913055176..comments2024-03-20T11:47:46.829-06:00Comments on Once upon a transdimensional day...: Following the Muse - the PsychopompDia Sobin (Araqinta)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03398194511342193439noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098887240471953238.post-42056840781534044012015-07-10T13:09:49.538-06:002015-07-10T13:09:49.538-06:00Thanks for commenting again, TB. In most ways the ...Thanks for commenting again, TB. In most ways the hierarchy of the "Official World" has perpetually dominated the playing field in spades... and those who stray (or strayed) outside of its established "scriptures" - the Protocol - are (and/or were) either marginalized, ridiculed, suppressed, institutionalized, excluded, or duly condemned. Today's social media is merely a reflection of some very old news.<br />Dia Sobin (Araqinta)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03398194511342193439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098887240471953238.post-27864772070066814052015-07-09T11:29:20.146-06:002015-07-09T11:29:20.146-06:00I came back to this post because you hyperlinked i...I came back to this post because you hyperlinked it in a newer post, and this one especially is just so great. "The muse then is more like a primal force. It has no understanding or interest in the technical aspects of day-to-day human life. It has no comprehension of grocery lists, retirement funds, lawsuits, political issues. It doesn't even understand the most base requirements of physical existence, such as eating or sleeping."<br /><br />I also like "primary intelligent force" - there is a huge conflict now in social media definitions of success - follow your dream, build what inspires you, stay in touch with your soul, be creative, etc etc etc. But then the same gurus turn around and want you to put a price tag on this stuff and pay your light bill, which means they don't understand. Many people are very judgemental of and threatened by the creative impulse because it looks revolutionary even if it isn't - it disregards all the mundane concerns of existence. It makes the artist look irresponsible and feckless, even when he or she is taking on the highest possible responsibility in a society. I also think vibrating on a higher frequency - picking up stuff on the far ends of the spectrum is very true, also threatening to those who have limited their scope and profit from that.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098887240471953238.post-80132105642558750172011-07-28T22:02:11.911-06:002011-07-28T22:02:11.911-06:00Ah...and I would, but my memes are all mimsy borog...Ah...and I would, but my memes are all mimsy borogroved and the mome raths outgrabed.<br /><br />Seriously, toss what you will, where you will -- we'll sort 'em out.BG Dodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781353558372397870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098887240471953238.post-592379889047697852011-07-28T01:49:56.998-06:002011-07-28T01:49:56.998-06:00Thanks, Bob!
In a weird way, writing things down...Thanks, Bob! <br /><br />In a weird way, writing things down - that is, pulling together a chaotic mess of ideas and giving them a recognizable form - is a self-educational process as well... It may as well be another muse-generated exercise in that I'm often surprised myself by the connections that are made. (well, on a good day that is!)<br /><br />But I really want to avoid just talking at people. Ultimately, I'm just letting the memes fly out of my head, letting them land where they will, and hoping that those who stumble across them send a few of their own my way!Dia Sobin (Araqinta)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03398194511342193439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098887240471953238.post-90423503046193830432011-07-27T22:22:25.341-06:002011-07-27T22:22:25.341-06:00Superb post!!
I find your explorations of the mus...Superb post!!<br /><br />I find your explorations of the muse attendant most fascinating, fitting into my own 'shape' of how I view the creative process...and I find the perspective to be most educational.<br /><br />Pray continue...........BG Dodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06781353558372397870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098887240471953238.post-83346243835943754162011-07-27T19:35:20.743-06:002011-07-27T19:35:20.743-06:00Thanks, L! I don't know that the internet is a...Thanks, L! I don't know that the internet is a psychopomp - unless it's a million of them combined (!) - but I will say that the internet is a rudimentary and superficial "techno" facsimile of the more organic "psychic internet"... that is, the "tangled" reality of consciousness... (if I may be so bold!) ;-)<br /><br />I love Gaiman's Sandman stuff - that is, the stuff that I have... I think "Death" appeared in it, but I never got deeply involved... I'll have to look again! My favorite Gaiman novels were "American Gods" and "Neverwhere"... I used to follow his blog but I got lazy!Dia Sobin (Araqinta)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03398194511342193439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098887240471953238.post-69845141912908190652011-07-27T19:06:43.325-06:002011-07-27T19:06:43.325-06:00Great great post! Trandimensionality notwithstandi...Great great post! Trandimensionality notwithstanding, I wonder sometimes if the internet is a false psychopomp. My favourite psychopomp is Gaiman's character Death, who was so weirdly sympathetic.LC Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250961297714038453noreply@blogger.com