Month: April 2020

A new passion of mine:

Making 3D art.

I recently discovered the great joy of this new Adobe product — Adobe Dimension. Finally 3D made insanely simple and easy! See a sample artwork I made here.

What is essential, what isn’t essential?

Also– is this a good way to think about things?

Humans can be vegetarian, vegan, omnivore, or carnivore. All diets seem to allow humans to live, and not die.

With practically every tragedy we’ve known, it has all come and gone. This is the upside of existence– everything will pass, wax and wane, change, and go on.

STAND MORE.

IS THE GOAL OF SOCIETY SAFETY? SAFETY … FOR WHAT?

WHO ‘GON STOP YOU HUH?

TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO BECOME MORE FREE-SPIRITED, to open up their minds, and to encourage others to become more free!

THE BEST SOCIETY — MAXIMALLY TOLERANT. And also maximally INTOLERANT towards intolerant people (Neo-Nazi’s should all be thrown in jail).

What drives you? The will to power, or the will to fear?

CAN COVID ACTUALLY BRING OUT (MORE) OF YOUR INNER-ARTIST?

I THINK SO.

For example, NONFUTURE by Cindy Nguyen.

When analyzing things, ask yourself:

Is this thing a moral issue, an ethical issue, or a legal issue?

THE GREAT JOY OF STREET WALKS… JUST WALKING IN THE STREETS!

INSOFAR MUCH AS YOU CAN, walk as much outdoors and in the streets as possible (legality bounding).

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO, WHAT SHOULDN’T YOU DO? BE KEEN AND DON’T GET SUCKERED BY THE DIFFERENCE.

NOW THAT SOCIETY HAS FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE? I say– create for today.

CREATING ART DURING WAR.

WE are currently in wartime. War with a metaphorical enemy — the virus.

Now the question is —

How can we and how should we make art during this period of war?

Some thoughts:

STAND for what you care for
Don’t fall into the snare that others set to trap you, or glue you in, or box you in.

You gotta Jack Dempsey, and roll on through. You gotta Starfox barrel it— Donkey Kong fuck with it.

You can take a beating, Hajime No Ippo it. Keep boxing and fighting, you can take a hit.

You’re bruised, bloody yet smiling. Keep Guiling it forward with the artistic Sonic Booms. Keep swelling like your own Mushroom Cloud.

Say it loud, fierce and bold.

You’re you. Your fate — you choose.

ERIC

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POETRY by KIM

• POWER
• STEEL SPINE
• MONSTER
• JUGGERNAUT
• I Move
• ZEN ZONING.
• DARE.
• Life Isn’t Fair
• UPLIFT.
• Don’t Be Timid
• FLY HIGHER!
• Ain’t Nobody Stopping You!
• Seize Today!
• You Were Destined to Do Great Things, My Dear
• Fly Higher!
• CREATIVE DYNAMITE
• KILL EK
• ROOTS.
• MURALS.
• Keep Sailing

What is virtue? Virtue, if we think is human grandeur, then certainly virtue must be “manliness” or strength. 

What kind of strength?

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It seems the apex strength is physical, physiological, mental, creative, and courage based strength.

How to augment your virtue

1. Build muscular strength
2. Do acts of courage, valor, and heroism
3. Don’t be afraid, don’t exhibit cowardice, and fight. Stand for what you believe in.

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PHILOSOPHY BY KIM

Dictate your meaning and purpose in your life with ZEN OF ERIC:

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Philosophical Essays

• Why Education?
• How to Become Yourself
• Things Shouldn’t Go Back to the Way They Used to Be
• Why Am I So Cruel?
• The Great Joy of Existence
• Virtue for the Sake of Virtue
• NO DISDAIN.
• INTELLIGENT IGNORANCE
• A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN, DIFFICULTY OR TRAGEDY ISN’T A LIFE WORTH LIVING
• BITTER IS BETTER.
• EXPLOIT THE BEST FROM TRAGEDY AND LIFE 
• DISREGARD FOR SELF-PRESERVATION
• PAIN.
• WHAT IF EVERYTHING IS NOT GONNA BE ALRIGHT?
• Tomorrow is Never
• Life is the Ultimate Creative Constraint
• EMBODIED REALITY
• BLACK SWAN
• THINGS WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THE WAY THEY USED TO BE
• What are you *really* afraid of?
• HAPPINESS ISN’T THE GOAL
• Philosophy is King
• Why is Selfish Evil?
• YOU’RE CONSTANTLY IN A STATE OF BECOMING
• ENTITLEMENT A SIN?
• NARCISSISM
• BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH YOURSELF
• WHY FREE WILL?
• OBEY YOUR OPINION
• EGO IS GOOD.
• WHY IT IS GOOD TO BE INTO YOURSELF
• Seek the Good Pain
• Anti-Perfection in Photography, Art, and Life
• Can You Become an End into Yourself?
• WHY I LIVE
• Why I Hate Decline
• Why I Eat
• Why am I So Positive and Optimistic?
• EFFORT IS ENJOYMENT
• Never Stop Gaining
• TRUST YOURSELF
• A Life of Maximal Personal Independence
• What Do You Desire to Become?
• What Do I Want from Technology?
• Stratified Society
• Do You Love or Hate Reality?
• On the Brian, Body and Mind
• I’m Maximally Happy, Now What?
• Care over Fame
• ACTIVE NIHILISM
• Never Stop Subtracting
• How to Live a Happier and More Epic Life
• A Risker Life is a Better Life
• Only Work on Things You Can Imagine Doing for Eternity
• How to Maximize Your Happiness
• Influence
• The Gladiator Makes His Plans once He Enters the Ring
• Meditations on Meaning in Life
• There is Nothing More Interesting than Human Beings
• Is Hope a Vice?
• EGO
• Why Be Unique?
• Happiness is Metabolism Health and Strength
• You’re the Hero
• Is Productivity a Virtue or Vice?
• Why Do We Prize the Rare?
• The Joy of Uncertainty
• How Should I Best Use My Time and Life?
• A Life Without Pain or Suffering Isn’t a Life Worth Living
• Free or Unfree?
• What Do You Really Care For in Life?
• Anti-Satisfaction in Life
• Why Think?
• The Eternal Return
• Only Do What is Best for You!
• Truthiness
• Why Be Happy?
• Permissionless Living
• In Praise of Unconventional Wisdom
• Become the Change Which You Wish to See in the World
• Happiness
• Beyond Freedom
• Idolize People, Not Stuff
• What Makes You Stronger? What Makes You Weaker?
• Why Hate?
• The Secret of Happiness
• You’re Constantly in a State of Becoming
• Life is about Choices, Not Obligations
• Anti-Nihilism
• First, Do What is Best for You.
• Live Dynamic
• How to Prosper
• Is the Point of Life to Be Satisfied?
• SUPREME EFFORT OF WILL.
• How to Become more Idealistic
• Thrivival 101
• Create Yourself
• Non-Small
• Inspiration
• How to Live a Heroic Life: Dare the Heights!
• Human Augmentation
• Prune
• Happiness: Do What You Want to Do (And Don’t Do What You Don’t Want to Do)
• Avoid Vain (Empty) Pursuits in Life
• Modern Slavery
• Kill the Leeches
• Wisdom Augmentation
• Why We Need Friction in Life
• Straight Line Philosophy
• What’s Your End-Game in Life?
• Create Your Own Happiness Today
• Desire Both Pain and Pleasure in Life
• Try the Impossible
• SELF-RESPECT
• Anti-Social Extrovert
• Never Blame Anybody But Yourself
• Human Flourishing
• Simpler, Not Better.
• How to be Free
• Embrace the Extremes
• Cultivate Your Own Culture
• COURAGE.
• Thrivival
• Inner Power
• How to Live a Purposeful Life
• My Definition of Happiness
• Why Change is Good
• Why Work?
• How to Live the Happiest Possible Life
• The Two-Pronged Approach to Maximize Joy in Your Life
• You Always Have Another Option!
• INFINITISM
• Never Stop!
• What is Your Self-Directed Purpose in Life?
• Live Today Like it Were Your Last
• Do You Photograph to Live, or Live to Photograph?
• ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER
• Live Life to the Fullest!
• In Praise of Selfishness
• Why You Must Be a YAY-SAYER to Succeed in Entrepreneurship and Life
• Why I Love Walking
• Live Life Like a Video Game!
• Simple Luxuries in Life
• Treat Your Life Like a Fun Experiment!
• Only Prove it to Yourself
• You Don’t Always Need to Feel Joyful to Live a Fulfilling and Meaningful Life
• Life is Too Short to Be Bored!
• Money Cannot Destroy Boredom
• How to Find Inspiration in Life
• Why You Must Ignore Haters to Succeed and Win in Life
• An Active Life is a Happy Life
• My Simple Joys in Life
• Never Stop Striving
• How to Motivate Yourself in Life
• How to Be Optimistic in Life
• How to Dictate Your Purpose in Life
• In Praise of a Dynamic Life
• PURPOSE.
• How to Enjoy Life
• Photography Therapy
• How to Conquer Regret
• Take Your Play Very Seriously.
• How to Prosper
• Memento Vivere
• Destroy in Order to CREATE
• Trust Your Body More Than Your Mind
• Make Photos to Make Meaning in Your Life
• Seek Knowledge, Not Information
• The Purpose of Human Life
• How to Overcome Impedence
• Why I Love Death
• How to Be Centered in the Eternal Now
• How to Be Happy
• Why Do You Care What Others Think of You?
• Why I’m Happy
• Why?
• Why I’m So Prolific
• How to Reduce LAG in Life

Masters of Philosophy Â»

• Seneca
• Marcus Aurelius
• Publilius Syrus

Personal Philosophy Â»

• You Are the Light of the World
• Your Soul is a Diamond in the Rough
• Why Live?

Stoicism Â»

• How to Be a Stoic Street Photographer
• How to Use Photography as Self-Therapy
• How to Free Your Soul From Disturbance

Zen Philosophy »

• How to Be a Zen Street Photographer
• Zen in the Art of Street Photography
• How to Find Tranquility in Your Photography

Life Lessons Â»

• How to Conquer Your Fears in Life
• Conquer Yourself
• How to Focus

Learn more: Start Here >

My first time doing a muscle-up! Some tips:

1. The swing is very essential.
2. I use a ‘suicide grip’ (thumbs over the bar, not gripping the bar).
3. I practiced on a smaller chin-up bar first, by jumping up to practice the form.
4. It seems the goal is to throw your body OVER the bar.

New goal: to achieve a strict muscle-up.

Is it your duty to be scared?

Why eat meat? Some thoughts:

2001– the ultimate film of all-time:

I just shot the cinema for NONFUTURE, and learned a lot. I wanted to share some of my personal lessons:

A thought:

What do viruses want? What is their end-game?

Not the death of humanity. Their goal is to spread indefinitely. In theory, a virus doesn’t want to kill the host, unless there is some sort of biological benefit to killing the host.

For example, Corona Virus doesn’t need to kill people in order to spread. Perhaps people dying from COVID-19 is just a side-consequence of their weak immune system. My theory:

COVID-19 doesn’t wanna kill people, it just wants to spread.

Dear friends,

In this time of insane stress and difficulty comes a rose. Cindy just produced (and edited/cut/mixed the sounds) a new film (all by herself in Final Cut Pro), titled NONFUTURE: Meditations on Time.

Essentially it is a rose which has sprung from the pain of COVID-19, and how it has personally affected Cindy and her passage of time, thinking both historically and personally. Considering we are right now at an interesting infection point in history (we are currently living THROUGH history), we wanted to make this film to empower you, uplift you, and give you new joy in the midst of the fear, pain, and chaos of COVID-19.

Assuming that we will now live in a post-monetary society, where money doesn’t really do us much, then begs the question:

Why work?

History is currently in the making, and we are currently living THROUGH history.

So the question— as all of this is happening, do you decide to stay home or sit on the sidelines as history is being made, or become part of history, or make history yourself?

Treat your body as sculpture.

I am proud to announce NONFUTURE— the newest film by Cindy Nguyen (all edited and cut by Cindy in Final Cut Pro — I was just the camera-man). A truly beautiful piece of art-work we produced through the pain and struggle of COVID-19. If this rings a bell with you, please share with a family member, friend, or loved one.

Hugs,
Eric and Cindy

Best camera is RICOH.

Wisdom means to be “wise”. And to be wise is to see.

Dear friend,

I hope you’re well. I wanted to use this chance for me to share some of my personal thoughts about COVID-19.

To assert your opinion is to be alive:

What does it mean to educate? To lead, guide, and drive (‘ducere‘ in Latin).

The goal — for you to become you.

An example intro to how to use iBooks Author for Mac to make your own e-book PDF:

Your mind can move matter. Of course, you must direct your hand and body to take matter, mould it, transform it, transfigure it, and subjugate it to your will!

When in doubt, walk more through nature!

AREN’T you so glad to be alive? We currently have the privilege to live THOUGH history. Many of us never get the privilege.

You don’t gotta do as I do, but let me explain why I am doing what I am doing:

Many us are patiently waiting for things to go back to the way things used to be. But should we? I say not.

ATTACK REALITY! You’re a fighter, a soldier. You’re dark and deep. Don’t sit back and cower in fear. No — ATTACK HEAD-ON!

Why am I so un-feeling towards the suffering of others and myself? Perhaps the consequence of my hard knock life:

Aren’t you so happy to be alive?

BECOME MORE RELENTLESS, RUTHLESS, AND ATTACK MORE IN LIFE!

I once read a shirt from THE ROCK that said something like, “Progress through pain”. I thought it was very deep and wise.

My spin:

Pain is progress.

Could you live a meaningful life if you were the last man alive?

Cindy just wrote an essay titled: My Experience Living through History: War, Human Agency, and Non-Future. It gave me a deep opportunity to reflect myself:

What does it mean to live through history, and to become PART of history?

Better than posting your stuff to social media, send out email newsletters.

Practical things:

Dear friends,

Times are tough but know that you’re tougher.

Some fun creative activities you can do from home, if you’re stuck indoors!

We don’t act virtuous for any reward. We do it for our pride, honor, and what it means to be a great human being.

If you’re stuck at home, know you can create art from the convenience and comfort of your own (cozy) home!

OUR NEW APPROACH: The ultimate hybrid of both spartan AND stoic.

I still have fear like any normal human being. But I think I fear LESS than others. How and why? Some thoughts:

Right now is your opportunity to test your strength!

Don’t disdain others for what they are.

When you’re angry, not sure what to say– silence is golden.

My thought on the pandemic right now —

The ultimate downside which is spreading isn’t death and disease, but fear.

To become more intelligent, decide what to become ignorant towards.

Do we try to predict the future for the hope of gain, or to off-set fear?

I love the pain of existence!

THE BEST LIFE IS THE MAXIMALLY DANGEROUS LIFE (WITHOUT DYING).

YOU GOT THE POWER. You got the power to complain whine and moan, or you got the power to take your steel and make your own throne.

This is your Rome and Romulus ain’t holding you back. Never backtrack; only attack.

POWER is within you, and power is you. So why despise you?

Love you, and believe in you. Adamantine spine, live your life divine.

ERIC

IN LIFE YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT TO BE STRONG OR WEAK.

MATRIX — one of my favorite philosophical films of all-time.

In this life, you’re the hero!

Why avoid news? It is like the human centipede of shit and fear. You keep consuming more fear, and you feel more fearful. You become more timid, scared, and paralyzed.

IN LIFE, let us strive to maximize ourselves with NO EQUIPMENT.

What’s the purpose and end goal of life? To make art.