transcendentalism

Real-time stereotype inversion: as situations come into play, try to shape a stereotype as fast as you can, WHILE ALSO forming the inverse of that stereotype. See a person, situation, appearance, or etiquette as a set of opposites that are both true at the same time. That guys not rudely blasting shit music in a quiet neighborhood. It’s a party! Et

It’s all about the alchemical union of opposites. How do you fuse doing and being? How do you fuse making and dissolving meaning? Either alone brings trouble, but it’s the skillful co-existence of the two that create an infinite engine, a centripetal force to ascend the system.

My great grandmother wrote a poem in my aunt’s 6th grade yearbook. It always puzzled her, especially in context of the surrounding middle school antics. It went:

Honor and shame,
From no condition rise,
Do well your part,
There all the honor lies.

We asked GPT where it’s from, and it’s from a 1734 essay called “An Essay on Man” by Alexander Pope. It’s