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Thursday, February 14, 2008

The Sensationalist Manifesto

By: Josh Schwartz at 3:11 am

 

The Sensationalist Manifesto

 

            We declare that we are multitudinous in approach!  We assume the role of many, the mind of the massive.  We are tapped into the pulse of planet Earth, and we are only beginning to dig in our fingernails.

            We believe in ideas and do not hold by beliefs.  We are willing to defend what we believe (for the minute) to the death.  We are willing to change any of our minds.  We are desirous of having them blown.

            We think the world is a macro-organism.  We consider the emergence of a super-perspective.  We know that neurons communicate across a gap called a synapse, but nonetheless, they pass on information.  We think we are neurons on a global scale.

            We believe words only chip away at the truth.  We think the truth is asymptotic.  We recognize the inherent flaws in verbal and written communication.  We consider words to be extensions of the ego.  We love them anyway.

            We believe in the truth of the singular experience.  We think that numbers lie.  We search for the kernel at the heart of subjectivity.  We believe that everyone can understand anything, but not everything.  We are eternally astounded.

            We are vigilant for morsels of meaning.  We see life as a canvas.  We are blind artists with paint

                           All

                                 Over

                                        Our

                                                Hands.

                                                                We see beauty in the fields and in the city.  We search and we search and can not find the unnatural.  We believe in consistency and artificial authenticity.  We think evolution is the only measure of time.

            We are becoming more and more convinced that we are nothing and everything all at once.

            As above so below.

            As above so below.

            As above so below.

            As above so below.

            As above so below.

            We think we are right.  We know we are wrong.

            We will accept the voice of one.  We revel in the voices of the many.  We resist the voice of the masses.  We believe we exist to transcend.  We think we are only just beginning.

            We believe we can do anything if we try real hard.  We inject new meaning if we say it with feeling.  We correct punctuation as vigilantly as we check our facts.  We think the world can be destroyed by a misplaced comma.  We believe it can be created again.

            We believe in the energy.  We believe in the verve.  We believe sincerity is a virtue.  We believe in feeling everything until it hurts.  We believe we can separate ourselves from anything.  We believe the truth is too great to be a weapon.  We believe it is like shooting the president with dark matter, the space between stars.

            We believe everything until we are proven wrong.  We believe You can change our minds.                                                                                        

  We believe in You. 

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