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Morphogen

Morphogen is a collaboration between my friend Reid and I.  I created the music.  Reid added the visuals.  We called it Morphogen.

You can read more Reid at http://www.readreidread.com

Here is the link to the audio/video collaboration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=UUK8RFXarVMoslj21of_1brg&v=rQEv-jrb3q8

We called it Morphogen.

The one thing that I love more than individual creativity is when someone adds to that individual creativity through spontaneous collaboration.  Collaboration in and of itself can be a pain in the ass but, when one artist is inspired to enhance the work of another and just does it without having to painstakingly consult with the other…

well this is what the creative commons is all about:)

You can read more Reid at http://www.readreidread.com


The Spider and the Fly

Years ago I had a strange vision during alpha state.  That is what I call the moment right before we fall asleep and this state can bring about some interesting occurrences.

In this particular case, I was a fly caught in a spider’s web.  The more I struggled to get out, the more entangled I became.  I saw the spider crawl out of the web hole rushing toward me, twisting me in a silky substance, spinning and spinning until I could no longer move.  I stopped struggling.

And then I felt it.

It was like a large sharpened steel needle piercing the top of my head and shooting down my spine electrifying me.  Suddenly, I felt my consciousness liquefy as I was drained out into the body of the thirsty spider.

It was black and quiet for a moment.

I felt satisfied as I retreated back to my web hole.

***

What do I gather that experience was about?  I’m not entirely sure but it made me look at life cycles in a new way.  I used to think that predator and prey were opposites.  I suppose the appearance of separate bodies lends to that illusion but life is life and all life is one life.

The predator and the prey are one.  Sustenance and challenge is what they offer one another.


Randomness ad infinitum

100.  We call them our “pets”.  We call ourselves “owners or masters”.  We tell them to sit for food and they seem to obey.  But as observed from above, human beings are pulled behind on leashes while picking up poop and driving to the store to get them food.  So who is the master again?

101.  There is only one dimension.  It just happens to be multi-dimensional.

102.  If there were five people in a room watching T.V. and we suddenly remove the concept of T.V. we would see five people sitting in silence while staring at a wall avoiding one another.

103.  I am just a moment.

104.  Weeds grow in the soil of regret when we do not tend to our dreams.

105.  You will never see a used coffin salesman.

106.  There are no flaws in Truth.  Only flaws in our ideas about Truth.

107.  Secret societies have become so popular these days.  I now know that the best way to market something is to call it a secret.  Perhaps I should have called my poetry book “secret poems”.

108.  Yuor bairn is albe to udnertsnad tihs snetence eevn tghouh olny the frist and lsat ltetres of ecah wrod are crreoct.

109.  Thought is both generative and derivative.  We get to direct the current.  The truth in natural law is that the positive always drives the show.  Think about the atom.  The proton is coupled with the neutron while the electron whirls about creating the appearance of phenomena.  The power of the positive nature is that it moves forward regardless.  Negativity is dust in the wind.

110.  Everyone is retarded in light of their own potential.


300

This is a special day.  This is my post 300 which means that I can pull ideas out of my ass for 300 days successfully.  It also means that I am almost at the end of this year-long challenge.  When I have completed this body of work, I will be taking a month off in order to assess what to do next.

I have a request…

If you enjoy something specific that I write about or present as a subscriber could you please drop me an email letting me know so that I have your input as I mull things over during that month off?

My email is:  shout@chrisscholl.com

Part of the fun of this challenge is that it affirms that every day is a blank piece of paper to create on.  That and overcoming the urge to quit or become distracted with shiny things as someone like myself with A.D.D. tends to do.  Thank you again for reading and I look forward to hearing from you.

Chris:)


Blocked

Again I find myself sitting here staring down the barrel of a blank page with no inspiration to write anything.  ”It has to be real and from the heart” my brain echos to itself.  I’ve looked up “blog topics” on the internet and have two articles in the draft folder that I currently think are shit.  What to do?

I’m taking my own advice.  Just start writing.  Don’t wait for some magic moment.  GO!!!!  So here I am writing about not being able to write.  I have always believed these posts to be some of the best because they are honest.  Not that my other posts are not but, there is something very honest about admitting that I get stuck and stumble.  We’re human after all.  What a strange sentiment; “I’m only human and I make mistakes”.  It’s like we have this built-in mechanism that establishes our rank to a God of perfection.  I wonder if animals every say “I’m only animal and I fling feces at others”?  What an interesting experience we humans are in.  Between Gods and Beasts.

What was I saying?  Oh yeah… I don’t have anything to write about.

Maybe it’s the pressure of the final stretch.  I’m just shy of 300 posts for my post a day for a year challenge and I’m starting to think in terms of quantity.  That’s a bad move because it shuts down my creativity and establishes my mental accountant.  Bean counters shouldn’t run the creative department.  I admit that I thought “oh, only 69 posts left til 365.  If I do 7 posts a day for the next 10 days and program them, I will be finished.”  How lame is that?  Definitely NOT inspiring.  That’s a production line.

I do believe that when it comes to creativity we have the ability to shut ourselves down.  ”I’m not a creative person”, “I can’t write”, “I’m going to get it over with by treating my creativity like a production line” are phrases that I have heard and the last one is what I thought.  After reading this, I’m reminded that this is us being creative.  By saying “I’m not creative” we are using our creativity to create and enforce that circumstance in our life.

I entitled this post “blocked” because that is how I felt today.  Then I remembered my rule…

Just write.  Just paint.  Just start.

… because the walls are not real.  They are perceived.


Fear…

You cannot catch your dreams if you are afraid to go for it.

And if you are going to go for it then you better give it your all regardless of any perceive obstacles.


Ran Dumb Thoughts

1.  Never tell a joke twice at a party:

A) Everyone heard you the first time.

B) The joke was not funny and…

C) now you really look stupid.

2.  ”Open Mike” night at a gay bar is waaaaaaaaaay different from “open mic” night at a straight bar.

3.  What was Jesus’s yearly income?

4.  No matter what language we speak; A E I O U can be blended together by singing and should probably done on a regular basis by all of us.

5.  I think that a funny alias would be AKA or Also known as.  That way people would have to say “Chris, also known as also known as”.

6.  The entire stock market is a psychological trick founded on the idea that some other idiot will pay more for the same fake intangible idea that you just bought into.

7.  Beaver or Polar Bear?  This is the great Canadian debate right now.  Wow!  No wonder we are seen as the global retard.  At least we are on the front lines of what is truly important.

8.  I’m a big fan of the beaver myself.

9.  One of my favorite and harshest Japanese insults is “may you become enlightened in a day”.  I will never say this to anyone however.  I personally know that this is a nightmare from a bad acid experience 15 years ago that took me about two years to revover from.  Trust me, you do not want to know everything at once!  Our bodies and psyches are not meant to handle that and I thank God every single day that I didn’t wind up with a big dirty beard screaming about the government to people trying to enjoy their lunch break downtown.

10.  Two random food product ideas:  Cookies in the shape of ancient Egyptian mummies called “yummy mummies” and rooster shaped suckers.  Think about that last one.

11.  If life gives you lemons then ask yourself the following question:  Did I order lemons?  Because I will tell you this; if you ordered lemonade and a waiter brings you a bunch of lemons; and attempts to tell you some bullshit chiche about making lemonade, then send them back.  Why do you have to “make lemonade” when he obviously fucked up your order?

12.  There is absolutely no forseeable reason for a horn on a car other than to be an asshole.  Worst case scenario; you are about to run over someone and you honk your horn.  All you will do is alert that person that you are about to run over them.  If I’m at a traffic light and don’t notice that it is green for 5 seconds and you honk… you are an asshole.

13.  I love the number 13.  It is a number of mystery and has this really interesting irregularity to it.

14.  Western culture is absurd in that fact that people living on a “14th” floor somehow believe that they are safer because they don’t call it the 13th floor due to bad luck.  I’m pretty sure that a low flying, out of control airplane has no prejudice between the number 13 & 14.  Chinese culture at least believes the number 13 to be a good luck number.  Then again, the wealthiest Chinese couples pay top dollar for Cuban fishermen to cut off the fins of sharks.  They eat this in order to increase their vitality.  I wonder if the dying, finless shark thought about the number 13 as she wriggled toward the ocean floor?


The lie

Fear is the biggest lie.  The truth is that we have nothing to fear when we trust or have faith.  Shitty things may still happen but this is when we learn and grow.  The point is to overcome and keep overcoming.  Besides, what is the worst that could happen?  You die? So what?  That’s life and I assure you that you will grow from that experience too.

There are many lies in this world that keep us from living our full potential or a completely joyous life.  Scarcity is one.  We are tricked into beLIEving that there isn’t enough to go around so we climb all over each other for scraps of shit.  All the while we are kings and queens.  ”I can’t” is another lie and typically translates as “I won’t” which is carefully protected by a pile of defensive excuses.  Congratulations!!!  You get to live in the mindset of your choice.

Part of the biggest lie; fear, is that we’ve become a permission based entity.  We don’t move unless the big authority says to and we wait for permission to speak, think or act.  How many opportunities will we allow ourselves to miss out on because we are fearful?  This is our conditioning and psychosis.

What are we really afraid of?  Things won’t work out?  We’ll be criticized?  We’ll get hurt or punished?  Death?  The future?

For starters, the future does NOT exist!!!  You are absolutely not afraid of the future.  It’s a ghost.  What you fear is a projection based on your past experiences.  That’s it.  I know it seems real but we truly swim in an infinite ocean of love, abundance, grace and experience.  We are rich beyond our wildest dreams.  Do we know this without doubt?  That is the trillion-dollar question.

Often we think of a lie as an act.  ”He or she lied to me”.  Not really.  We build the patterns of our experience based on the story we perpetually tell ourselves.  This is not the type of lie that I’m talking about.  I’m pointing out the biggest lie.  Fear.  It is a shadow of love and it has become like an invisible cloak that we do not even realize we are wearing.  The spell is starting to wear off.  The effects of a poison apple can only last for so long.  Stop pushing snooze and wake up.

If you want to dance or sing or go to school or quit your job or learn french or travel the world or help people or love more or speak up at a company meeting about your awesome idea…

Then I officially give you permission to do so.

 


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