is the flow the point? the galaxybrain?
Discussion
how can the flow be the point when flow is way better irl
as in: why be on a screen if flow is the point
as an artist working with a medium
a digital medium
an artist working in communication
idk that it is about the immediacy and eternal nowness of flow
certainly isnt across all platforms
can make the argument: flow matters more on twitter cos twitter centered immediacy once upon a time
if you had a good follow crew
if you had your own curated ensemble
you could filter:follows -filter:retweets -filter:replies
could get a jazz thing going, could riff a whole anima mundi collective in the twitter ocean thing like an impromptu dance party in a subway station kinda thing
cant do that on ig,
fb comments in a big group? group discussion happening super fast? enough participants answering in real time? yea can be in a group flow
like reading back days later everyone sounds deranged, but at the time, instantly corresponding back and forth, we were all comprehending and no one was confused or knocked out of context, everyone was in and participating
very soberly, it isnt about flow
flow is a phenomena but flow is predicated on the nowness, had to be there at the time, it is communication that doesnt last, as in, the whole of it, sure, can keep a funny tweet out of context takeaway like a souvenir, but what happened, all that happened, is gone with the tide
can it be about balance?
oh i did some sermonposting, let me check my drafts for a shitpost? let me time that to hit at 3pm?
i dont think that's it either
i think all that, all that
@ visakanv on 29.5.2020 was saying
to me
is over engineering a much simpler thing
a method of escaping the socialization, the learning absorbed, about incentives, time being money, power, and the brand
worrying about the mirror
the audience, the readership
unable to step out of the calculation
like a superego struggle
would this next tweet sound insane because i was just talking about this other thing
do i wait a couple hours
surely this is gonna come across as deranged if i dont wait
this is so low status of me
im making so much content im clearly coming across like a phone junkie
setting a poor example writing this much
what if this catches on and im normalizing phone addiction
yea i should totally wait
i have to show my readers i am disciplined and id never live my life on the computer
a couple hours? nah, twelve days i'll check in with myself maybe say a thing
that removed, unplugged, unhooked
do i come back with a shitpost or a sermonpost
aesthetics and timing are everything
i want to come across as deliberate
well considered
well constellated
trustworthy
nothing reactive here, no mess
comms pristine
dunks elite
we hired the best in town
it's about the poise in the face of adversity
invest here
whoever reacts first? loses
i made you lose your cool?
how uncivilized
dont you know this is the court of the sun king?
etiquette is everything
how to be just a person online in a digital space? not just a person, as whole as, as multifaceted as
sure isnt irl
yes compressed into a screen
yes compressed into words
and still,
as in, uninhibited
with abandon
unconcerned with viewership
for free, for nothing at all
knowing how easily words can be misinterpreted
knowing especially without cadence and tone and breath so much is always lost
the futility of it all
and to attempt anyway
to be a friend, to make one
out of sync, out of time