So currently been on the road for close to two months now\u2026 Just for summer break. About a month and a half in Phnom Penh Cambodia, week in Hong Kong, and now Tokyo Japan for about two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s really fascinating is when you uproot and move a bit\u2026 It gives you a totally new perspective. You see novel sites, which gives you novel thoughts, novel ways about thinking about the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think this is also a big thing because\u2026 Getting stuck in your old ways of thinking is actually quite detrimental and holds you back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think for myself at the end of the day, what I value the most our thoughts, novel thoughts, Turbo thoughts, god thoughts ,,,, Which stimulate my mind body soul and physiology to go beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I thought this maybe like five years ago and I still think it is true that the best life is like a kind of seminomadic life\u2026 A Hybrid\u2026 Having a foundation somewhere, and also spending the rest of the year on the road. I wonder if this is how ghenghis khan , the Mongolians, Julius Caesar, Napoleon kept so lean and fit –> typically being rooted for anywhere for too long is quite degenerative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first thought is, perhaps the principle of life is movement, both metaphorical literal\u2026 And also physiological.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, nobody would want to live in a glass cube high-rise condo for the rest of their lives, without having the privilege of just going outside and walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I think this is also where photography is so fast because it deals with embodied reality and movement. The math and calculus is simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nMove more, see more, witness more, experience more,,, have more opportunities for the desire to make photos.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\ufffc Also typically\u2026 I think there is a deep link between movement and thoughts. Even Nietzsche said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nTrust no thought which doesn\u2019t come to you by walking!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Even nassim Taleb says,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nTo become a philosopher, first start by walking \u2026 very slowly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Why thoughts and thinking?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I think for us philosophers, to think, to have novel thoughts, or even have the mental and physical physiology to think might be one of the greatest privileges on planet earth. No thoughts, no life\u2026. a kind of spiritual death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ufffc I think the whole thing about Zen Taoist stoic practice is\u2026 getting rid of BS noise and thoughts, in order to give more room energy and mental space for your own novel thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
thoughts and ideology rule the world<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This is the big idea and unlock, everything that runs you and the planet is actually based on ideas and ideology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, capital, capitalism says, acquire more capital and build more capital and accumulate more capital by any means possible for the sake of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consumerism says work hard harder to earn more money in order to earn more spending power to buy more things, with higher quality rank and caliber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What do you truly prize?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Every single society has a different value system. Whether it be freedom (America), Social order (Japan), peace and harmony (Cambodia) etc. \ufffc and typically wherever you live does breed that kind of ideology in you. So choose carefully where you decide to live, spend your time \u2026 because where you live, experience life etc\u2026 determines much of your life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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