“I want to continue being crazy, living my life the way I dream it, and not the way other people want it to be.” —Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to DieImagine that “being crazy” is how living life on your own terms is defined. Let’s return to 02 SEE THROUGH and recall that“Sanity is the state of being in alignment with the status quo. Any deviation, no matter how far, is madness. How far you stray defines how mad you are.”Anything and anyone who ever stepped outside the bounds of the status q...

“I want to continue being crazy, living my life the way I dream it, and not the way other people want it to be.” —Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to DieImagine that “being crazy” is how living life on your own terms is defined. Let’s return to 02 SEE THROUGH and recall that“Sanity is the state of being in alignment with the status quo. Any deviation, no matter how far, is madness. How far you stray defines how mad you are.”Anything and anyone who ever stepped outside the bounds of the status q...

Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover and the poet Are of imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold: That is, the madman. The lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt. The poet's eye, in fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the ...

Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover and the poet Are of imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold: That is, the madman. The lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt. The poet's eye, in fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the ...

Alas, this illusory and feeble aggregate of form, Created from compounded past actions and conditions, Like a butter lamp blowing in the wind, cannot last forever. Nothing exists which is not subject to the conditioning of death--The Tibetan Book of the Dead Let us begin again with definitions, shall we?DEFINTIONSRecall from 02 SEE THROUGH that:Sanity is alignment with the status quo. Insanity is any degree of deviation from the status quo. Stray off the line even a little a bit and you’re in...

Alas, this illusory and feeble aggregate of form, Created from compounded past actions and conditions, Like a butter lamp blowing in the wind, cannot last forever. Nothing exists which is not subject to the conditioning of death--The Tibetan Book of the Dead Let us begin again with definitions, shall we?DEFINTIONSRecall from 02 SEE THROUGH that:Sanity is alignment with the status quo. Insanity is any degree of deviation from the status quo. Stray off the line even a little a bit and you’re in...

Imagine a place where people pretend to be crazy in order to do exactly what they want. --Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to DieImagine, if you will, a place where there is no need to pretend to be crazy in order to do exactly what you want. We’ll dive into what that might look like. But first,DEFINITIONSRecall, again, from 02 SEE THROUGH that “Sanity is the state of being in alignment with the status quo. Any deviation, no matter how far, is madness. How far you stray defines how mad you are,...

Imagine a place where people pretend to be crazy in order to do exactly what they want. --Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to DieImagine, if you will, a place where there is no need to pretend to be crazy in order to do exactly what you want. We’ll dive into what that might look like. But first,DEFINITIONSRecall, again, from 02 SEE THROUGH that “Sanity is the state of being in alignment with the status quo. Any deviation, no matter how far, is madness. How far you stray defines how mad you are,...

06 NIGHTMAREHush, little baby, don't say a word And never mind that noise you heard It's just the beast under your bed In your closet, in your head― Metallica, Enter Sandman The nightmare under your bed is very much real. Except, the nightmare isn’t under your bed. Nor is the nightmare in your closet. Metallica said it succinctly: “it’s just the beast … in your head.” Though, the nightmare isn’t quite in your head either, is it? It’s there that you may experience the nightmare. But ...

06 NIGHTMAREHush, little baby, don't say a word And never mind that noise you heard It's just the beast under your bed In your closet, in your head― Metallica, Enter Sandman The nightmare under your bed is very much real. Except, the nightmare isn’t under your bed. Nor is the nightmare in your closet. Metallica said it succinctly: “it’s just the beast … in your head.” Though, the nightmare isn’t quite in your head either, is it? It’s there that you may experience the nightmare. But ...

You really put the ‘fun’ in funeral. — Harley fuckin’ QuinnWelcome to the future of dating, where your next love escapade is just a swipe away. The next swipe, that is. So much potential in an app. And thanks to innumerable dating and social media apps, that potential is compounded. Exponential potential for finding your perfect mate. Let’s make this even more fun: ever heard of the Paradox of Choice? The concept is simple: the more you have to choose from, the more difficult the choice. This...

You really put the ‘fun’ in funeral. — Harley fuckin’ QuinnWelcome to the future of dating, where your next love escapade is just a swipe away. The next swipe, that is. So much potential in an app. And thanks to innumerable dating and social media apps, that potential is compounded. Exponential potential for finding your perfect mate. Let’s make this even more fun: ever heard of the Paradox of Choice? The concept is simple: the more you have to choose from, the more difficult the choice. This...

Find what you like and let it kill you. —Kinky Friedman, probablyBefore we dive into the substance, let’s go overDEFINITIONS.Recall from 02 SEE THROUGH thatLovers and artists are mad. If you disagree with the statement, you are neither.Sanity is the state of being in alignment with the status quo. Any deviation, no matter how far, is madness. How far you stray defines how mad you are.Now that this is well understood and out of the way,FIND YOUR PASSION AND LET IT KILL YOU.The alternative is t...

Find what you like and let it kill you. —Kinky Friedman, probablyBefore we dive into the substance, let’s go overDEFINITIONS.Recall from 02 SEE THROUGH thatLovers and artists are mad. If you disagree with the statement, you are neither.Sanity is the state of being in alignment with the status quo. Any deviation, no matter how far, is madness. How far you stray defines how mad you are.Now that this is well understood and out of the way,FIND YOUR PASSION AND LET IT KILL YOU.The alternative is t...

“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.” ―Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhat constitutes a disordered mind? What is disorder? What is its antithesis? Why does it matter? It was once popularly stated that a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, to which Albert Einstein quipped, “if a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” Albert Einstein had an idea about what an empt...

“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.” ―Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhat constitutes a disordered mind? What is disorder? What is its antithesis? Why does it matter? It was once popularly stated that a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, to which Albert Einstein quipped, “if a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” Albert Einstein had an idea about what an empt...