Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
botharetrue.substack.com
Sometimes the bizarre makes more sense than reality.
ZINE • Creepy & Paranormal As Cultural Control
What does your creative process look like when it comes to blogging?
Most of my writing ideas are inspired by everyday experiences. For example, while working in our garden, I might have a thought like, "Digital products generally don't make us feel as whole and alive as gardens do." These ideas often simmer in the back of mind for weeks as I read... See more
Most of my writing ideas are inspired by everyday experiences. For example, while working in our garden, I might have a thought like, "Digital products generally don't make us feel as whole and alive as gardens do." These ideas often simmer in the back of mind for weeks as I read... See more
P&B: Steyn Viljoen – Manu
Can’t ever get this image out of my head…
Great writers write musically. https://t.co/J8wDku8r62
Did you jump on the social media bandwagon when it was taking off?
No, I’m not on social media. But I was quite a technologist back in the day. I definitely had my utopian ideas of what the internet could do for music. Along with everyone else, I was really excited about that. And I had the first iPhone. The confession that I love to make — I was... See more
No, I’m not on social media. But I was quite a technologist back in the day. I definitely had my utopian ideas of what the internet could do for music. Along with everyone else, I was really excited about that. And I had the first iPhone. The confession that I love to make — I was... See more
Interview | Jonathan Simons on Analog Sea, Neo-Romanticism and 'The Contemplative Gap' - The London Magazine
Whether or not you have worked out your own understanding of free will, just thinking about your potential lack of agency can be an exercise in mindfulness. By observing the thoughts that run amuck your mind, and contemplating the subconscious factors that govern your waking consciousness, you allow awareness to take the wheel — rather than... See more
Alex Olshonsky • Free will: who's in control?
Cultural deviation does not return us to the past, but continues what was begun and not finished in the past. Societal convention, on the other hand, requires that a completed past be repeated in the future. Society has all the seriousness of immortal necessity; culture resounds with the laughter of unexpected possibility. Society is abstract,
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