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Nosferatu, a deeply antiChristian prayer by Eggers that we free death from its crystallized images in the cross and the commodity, integrate, & finally enter a magical century.

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Draft for a map of 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 …

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The philosophers Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze and Brian Massumi tell us that entities express themselves in two ways: extensively - in quantified, measurable, definite aspect - and intensively - as qualitative, irreducibly multiple fields of potential. When you pass over an object with a fast, unintentional eye, you see its extensive qualities - what can it do for you, on the mission you’re on? How is it a means to some end? When you stop, take a deep breath, and view the same object with a mindful & receptive eye, you may find it gradually accessing weirder capacities: the chair you are drawing a still life of suddenly begins to have agency, desire, intention. Sweat on glass of water or a fractal accent on the leaf of a plant take on a vibratory, urgent dimension that bursts beyond objectivity. You are experiencing the Goethian gaze. Societies of the past and undergrounds of today have built elaborate systems on its foundation. 1/x

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