When speaking of the past there is often an emphasis on things done for “the glory”. Glory was a virtuous ideal, but despite all the tales one must ask, if it was really so glorious why the constant emphasis on it? Why aren’t we continually basking in its shadow? 

In hindsight, there does seem to be glory in that the grass is always greener. Glory is another abstract ideal rather than reality. But it gives people a motivating force to strive with. 

Mundane Extremes mini manifesto

The idea of Mundane Extremes is simple: everything is typical and everyone is a dime a dozen, but in that, the nuances of individual existence make for the perceived extremes. To sort of showcase it, I point to media like the My Chemical Romance tour video diary/documentary Life On The Murder Scene. Creative genius aside, there’s nothing out of the ordinary to it, it shows a band and their triumphs and tragedies with all the expected tropes: death, addiction, trauma and drive. It’s not a new tale. The extreme part is the viewing of and hearing the personal insights. Seinfeld is kind of anthemic with this, while “out-there” in that it’s a fictional TV show with character plot armor, the essence is each storyline isn’t out of the realm of possibility— it’s a show about nothing, like real life at the end of the day. To take from Camus and add to that concept as no matter the perspective, life is basically meaningless but what makes it interesting is that it’s a bunch of apes trying to figure out how not to kill themselves. Some do kill themselves though, a typical statistic from catastrophic dreamers. 

The extremes, as said come out of the nuanced circumstances, no matter how dime a dozen it may be. As an extreme example, the Holocaust is held up as this monumental massacre, when it’s not. Genocide was not at all uncommon in the 20th century, nor was it the largest it’s merely the most popular. Armenian, Holodomor (and other Soviet statistics), Africa, Asia and America you name it, all had theirs. But again it makes sense that the Holocaust is the notable one in its unique method of industrialized death. However as with everything the real interesting parts are found in how individuals on every end of the debacle reacted and interacted with the European situation based on their own nuances. Rudolf Hess’ memoirs, Anne Frank’s diary and “the man who broke into Auschwitz” all are the really interesting parts. 

Mundane extremes as such is in some essence the ability to adapt to circumstances. It can be seen in movies like Clerks or Empire Records, the everyday oddities…

Denial and the truth of the matter

 I’m only an antichrist insofar as I don’t buy into the jesus myth or give any real shit about Christianity. I’m as much an antisemite. 

“Countercultural fascism”

 In a sense, fascism is a subculture under the broad label of counterculture. It’s queer and as such hated by society. Once it was a predominant system of thought, but has since become a boogeyman. Albeit it’s a legitimate one. However, like communism to capitalism: fascism is the best friend liberalism has ever had, its fear has kept it in business all these years. 

Hydration

Animal

Vegetable

In the end

it’s with water

Without it

Death

Antichrists: Easy

 Antichrists are easy. The terminology to it really just means one who denies the divinity of Christ. Paul the apostle was the original antichrist. In the modern sense the antichrist is the subconscious disbelief in God. 

Actively being an antichrist is where the challenge comes: if it’s forced and insincere, the concept fails under the incompetence of the inauthentic exclamation. It has to be authentic, like poking a bear with a stick while wrapped in salami. Like eugenics, being an antichrist can’t run contrary to nature or you end up with more fuck ups. Unsuccessful and artificial antichrists are caught up in artificial, sterile and stagnant ideals of those they are trying to provoke a reaction from. Case study: the reason Marilyn Manson became so successful, aside being genuine, as the Antichrist Superstar is that he manipulated the archetypes and playing into the dogmatic dualism he was both opposing and being consistent in. 

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 Making people into muses, while absolutely unavoidable is quite limited as latent disloyalty and over idealization the inevitability. As if people are the only muses. If mankind may only muse then misery will usually be the mental montage. Not everyone can sit still and nude while a portrait is painted, picture taken or whipped, so it’s only sensible that human muses are momentary to the scheme of life. 

While you might know perceivably every little detail of a person, you don’t. A muse is more of a medium than a motivator; an image to put your energy into and from, a self sustaining mania. Why say mania? Muses are an obsession. Addictions. 

A serpent is a more stable muse than a person. 

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Satanically speaking, idealism can only go so far until reality sets in. In that, you only get the most out of a muse if there’s the balance of idealization with realistic interpretation. Whatever the fuck that may be interpreting. 

Idealization is gilded and it only gets misery from muses, and it is often twofold; you only employ (to) one side of their character. The side you want, that may not really exist. Muses are sculpted flesh and blood, just as anyone and you. 

Few living things are one-dimensional. 

Things that happened today

 In history today seems recurring, at least in the last century 

Disneyland opened on an august 8th

Nixon resigned

The Tate-LaBianca murders began and nearly a century of Celebritarian celluloid has been cast as a result. 

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Muse, is it amusement?

Imagined magnificence 

made by Melpomene

Sadistically self-prescribed mutilating 

dressed as a suicide makeover

a-MUSE-ment

Abuse well meant

Abuse well spent

Intent without interpretation