Yesterday around sunset big storm clouds started blowing in. One edge of the mass of clouds was white and lit up with the golden light from the sun, and the other edge was dark and grey. The air was hot and humid and the wind was blowing strong, tossing the branches of the trees. The trees and grass were a rich dark bright green in the sunset light.
I cracked open the window a tiny bit so that the wind could get in and my cat could smell it. I wanted to give her the experience of smelling that thick air and feeling the wind and hearing the trees shake. Moments like this are special, when the weather turns or when the sun rays come down at the perfect angle. I forget to pay attention to these sort of things.
I forgot that you have the license to live i n t e n t i o n a l l y. You could choose to dress in all stripes, to deepen this season's exploration of the "stripe" form. You could move across the room with the grace of a dancer. I have a friend who speaks with a posh diction that is both CAMP and ELEGANT! I think that through my life, if I had the mind to do it, I could weave little artworks and performances like these. And if I did I would enrich the worlds of anyone who knows me.
The word everyone is using right now is *slop*. The things we bump into are no longer *content* but just slop. Maybe the bad thing people used to worry about ("advertising will eat the world") may come to pass. Maybe we will have a retro, 1980's style dystopia.
I've been listening to these synthwave playlists on Youtube with titles [in fullwidth forms] like:
where the cover art is a drawing of a robot girl (maybe lifted from a cyberpunk anime or generated by a neural net... I can't tell). It's comforting to imagine myself living as a robot girl in an out-of-fashion dystopia. It feels safe to know that the Bad Thing has already happened but things are still basically OK. I can at least try to enjoy the sights and sounds of this runoff world I ended up in. I can try to find a cool leather jacket to wear and a spectral nightclub to vibe in.