No difference between the two. The question —
When I experience a piece of art, how does it affect my muscles?
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Composition and Decomposition: Construct and Deconstruct Great Art
We all talk about composition , but why never the negative or opposite — decomposition?
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Muscular Art
Let your muscles judge and guide your art and art creation. Also, judge an art work based on the effect of it on your body — your muscles, your physiology, whether it physically moves and motivates you!
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In Praise of Working Hard
What I like about the working hard ethos;; we have control over our destiny. We can have pride that we are self-made.
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Artistic Self-Confidence
What do we lack? Artistic self-confidence. How do we augment this? Some thoughts.
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Seeking the Sublime
What are we trying to do as artists? Seeking the sublime, creating the sublime. Seeking sublime art works, music, images, poetry, ideas, and thoughts. To float higher and beyond.
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LIFE IS THE ULTIMATE MMORPG (MASSIVE MULTIPLAYER ONLINE ROLE PLAYING GAME)
Expanding on the game theory of life:
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Why Change Yourself?
There ain’t nothing wrong with you. So why try to “improve†or “change†yourself into something else?
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Happiness as a Means to Creative Productivity
In my last essay on happiness, my takeaway was this:
(more…)Happiness ain’t the ultimate goal. Happiness is simply as a MEANS to creative productivity and power.
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How to Be Happy
I am very happy. I can tell you some of my personal thoughts on the philosophy of happiness:
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MY EXTREME GRATITUDE TOWARDS LIFE AND BEING ALIVE!
What is the greatest gift of existence? Of being alive!
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Critique of Egalitarianism and Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism is a bad philosophy. Let me share why:
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ENCORE: ERIC KIM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CREATIVITY WORKSHOP (May 3rd [Sunday], 2020), 12-2pm (Eastern Time, EST)
ENCORE! The prior workshop (a day before, on Saturday) quickly sold out, so to accommodate for the demand, I propose this workshop. Don’t miss your chance!
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Don’t Treat Others the Way You Want to Be Treated
Ethics — perhaps the notion of treating others how you would like to be treated is a bad one. Perhaps the notion of the golden rule isn’t great.
My thoughts:
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How Much *Should* I Eat?
How do you know if you’re eating too much or little? My thoughts:
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How to Impute Your Soul into Your Artwork
Channel your soul and impute it into your art works.
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Why I’m So Positive
You can only become positive if you’re survived and thrived from the deepest darks and negatives. My scars and stoic skin is what made me so positive.
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How to Motivate Yourself
Dear fellow streettogs,
Right now is hard. But know you’re harder. Some practical ideas on how to re-motivate yourself during these difficult times:
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The Future of Travel
My thought:
(more…)The future of travel will be more 360 videos, augmented reality, virtual reality.
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The Brave New COVID Lifestyle
Things will never be the same. Perhaps instead of waiting for things to get back “to the way they used to be”, it is about adapting to this BRAVE NEW WORLD … and for us to also learn how to profit/benefit from these uncertain times.
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In Praise of Strong Personality
Is it better to have a strong or weak personality? Strong of course!
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Why I’m So Passionate About Philosophy
Philosophy is king. To me — there is nothing that stimulates me more than philosophy. To stimulate my mind. To give new birth and genesis to new ideas and thoughts. Philosophy as the broad base in which everything stands and grows.
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How to Shoot Street Photography During COVID-19
You can shoot street photography during covid-19. Some thoughts:
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Intellectual Courage
What is the best type of courage you can exhibit in today’s less martial world?
The courage of your opinion, your thoughts, and your intellect.
This means:
- Having the courage to share your own opinion without quoting anyone else, or without self-censorship.
- Having the courage to publish your own ideas and be responsible for your own words (skin in the game).
- Having the courage to CHANGE and modify your opinion as your life goes on.
- Having the courage to own your own platform (your own website/blog) to share your thoughts (in order to not get censored),
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Interview People on the Streets
When in doubt, ask people (real life people) in the streets for their ideas, opinion, and thoughts.
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BETTER TO BE A GAY MONSTER THAN A SENTIMENTAL BORE
“Un monstre gai vaut mieux qu’un sentimental ennuyeux.” – Voltaire
Basically the gist:
A happy (gay/joyful) monster is worth more than a sentimental bore (ennui).
I agree.
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My Thoughts on Depression, Anxiety, Melancholy
Just my thoughts. Theory — depression, anxiety, and melancholy originating from the body (physiology). There is nothing wrong with you. Loss of motivation (desire to move) must originate in the body.
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Why I’m So Passionate About Blogging
To blog — web log. To log your life, thoughts, life journey, experiences, ideas, art, and all.
Isn’t this the apex form of artistic expression on the internet, with digital technologies?
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The Eternal Recurrence of Tragedy and Joy in Life
Thought from Nietzsche:
(more…)If a demon came to you and told you– “This life, everything you have experienced in life, all the joys, all the pains and tragedies, all the regrets, all the pains and sufferings were to happen for eternity and on loop forever”, would you respond by telling the demon: “This is the most blessed thing I have ever heard, thank you you are a god!” or would you gnash and wail your teeth forever?
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What do you really want from your life?
The first principle to your life.
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Elite Asceticism
Why become spartan? We might be poorer, but more elite. More freedom. Better to be a free man, self employed, have your own business than to be a corporate slave earning $500,000+ a year in slavery or servitude.
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Obey Your Passion
Why Not Follow Your Passion?
No legitimate reason why you shouldn’t follow your passion in life! And to obey your passion!
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Hyper Fertility
As artists, our goal is hyper fertility. Hyper fruitfulness, and hyper prolificness. To make much, produce much, and never stop procreating birth to new art works, ideas, and creations.
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Extreme Imagination
What we need– more extreme imagination.
Consider–
- Calvin and Hobbes
- Steve Jobs: His vision for Apple, the future of computing (remember how soul-less computers and devices were BEFORE Steve Jobs and Apple?)
- Kanye West
- Elon Musk: Space colonization, Mars.
Lesson:
Have extreme child-like imagination. Don’t let it get beaten out of you.
Imagine what CAN be.
Physics first principles thinking. A lot of ‘unrealistic’ things are in-fact possible within the realm of physics. The more question is how difficult will it be to achieve?
Unlimited future possibilities.
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Start Your Own Business
To succeed in today’s capitalist world, the best answer:
Start your own business.
Don’t try to climb the corporate ladder. Avoid academia. Avoid anything which requires peer-evaluation and review. This way you will avoid classism, racism, sexism, etc.
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Slow Gains are the Best Gains
Slow and steady wins the (ultimate) race in life! And the goal– be forever remembered. Best then to do it slow?
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PHYSIOLOGICAL HAPPINESS
For me, the true happiness originates in the body. Physiological happiness. The feeling of over-strength, hyper health, and physiological “power overwhelming”.
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Re-Experience Your Old Photos and Memories
Use the Pandemic and Lockdown/Quarantine as an Opportunity to Look at Your Old Photos!
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