I had an unexpected perspective on your topic, which I refer to as "the Saturday night me's." I chose not to delve further into abstraction or reflection here, as the lack of interaction keeps things a bit.. flat :) Despite this, your idea was a good challenge to focus on the present and forget about that. Our 1:1 communication here holds more value than a hundred.

I said queer rather than gay

Gay acceptance relied on re-defining sex (to include sodomy) and re-defining marriage (to de-emphasize reproductive union). So I think "gay" is disastrous and anti-truth.

But queer is an extension and intensification of that. Queer is a political identity, defined by opposition to "normality".

Hope to see in person soon

Turner wins - still - through genius and simplicity. Live, his works are so beautiful , I always cry a bit watching them.

Your story of searching for a kind of perfection reminds me of the rivalry between William Turner and John Constable. He painted for years on one picture and used a special red. Both painters exhibited together and Turner analyzed Constable's very elaborate, detailed paintings. He then took a brush and painted a single stroke as a buoy in the sea in his monochrome painting - and "won" :)

A simple question that always turns mysterious to me is beginning with flat and working at it to find a depth. It translates through various media so many ways.

🤔 For some reason this question reminded me how Ludwig Mies van der Rohe spent his whole career trying to figure out how to turn a corner.

I think because it is something seemingly simple and small and fundamental and yet can unfold and unfold and unfold and become mysterious.

We need things to look up to. Goals we can always aspire to, but never reach.

No one should ever fulfill an ideal. That would just mean that the ideal wasn't perfect enough.

Understanding that men will value you higher and encourage you more in your endeavors, if you do not compete with them, is a life-changing revelation.

All good men are paternal.

That is why rule by fathers is the best rule.

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That's the problem. It ONLY doubled. The S&P gained 2.7x without reapplying the dividends. And I am willing to bet it gave you more headaches than what a line in your Fidelity Account would do.

Being skeptical ≠ not knowing

I know there is a lot I don’t know and can’t know. That’s honest and objectively true.

Ardent belief in a particular religion is a state where one conflates belief with certainty. It is a fallacious state of being. And it isn’t hard. It’s much easier to say “yes I have faith. Faith that the belief of my family / society / culture / religion is the RIGHT one. That there is eternal bliss beyond the difficult and scary and painful existence of a mortal human. And a belief the other religions and ways of life are the WRONG ones”. These ideas have been around in most human cultures (pre-Christianity) because they provide an easily-accessible way to cope with universal human difficulties. But it is fallacious and dishonest to conflate a belief with certainty.

Isn’t it crazy you can do this whole signup process without email or credit card info? Just a few clicks and zaps and you’re good to go. This is the way.

No browser extensions required either which is a bit nicer for ux. nostr:note1nsmat8qvyqjjkfzgeln72czdx2706wdek590st4u7q97j6f7zqtsjd2g3m

A quick shot I took of a coyote off in the distance this is zoomed in so it's a little blurry but it's awesome I managed to get a picture the sky backdrop really helped it show up!

#grownostr 🌱

#coyote #photography #wyowildlife

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not a bad thing to do generally tho, online irl persona and not a pseudonymous avatar probably bad idea for humanity to start with, not healthy.