★ WELCOME TO THE TEMPLE OF THE BLACKSTAR ★
The Temple of the Black Star
“She asked me to stay and I stole her room
She asked for my love and I gave her a dangerous mind
Now she's stupid in the street and she can't socialise
Well, I love the little girl and I'll love her till the day she dies”
-- Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), Chapter 3
We wait for the gift, known as SOUND&VISION. We worship Life. Art is love. Love is life. Love is the Answer, and Love’s talking to me. Love talks to us all. Can you hear me?
“This is very easy to fall into the trap of looking for one's dreams and always thinking of a future moment when everything will be better. And if the process is not enjoyed, the dreams will never come to anything. And by enjoying the process, you are creating a dream come true.” - The Sailor ★
It has been 10 years since the Nova. It has been 25 since our initiation. We have made our way to the castle at the center of the Labyrinth. We have become flush with the curtain of the Divine Theater, as we have been pulled through The Ring again and again. We have studied, we have created, we have loved. A torch has been passed to us, magicians, shouting out between two worlds. A torch of creation, of preservation, of changes.
Turn, and face the strange.
“ Time. One of the most complex expressions. Memory made manifest. It's something that straddles past and future without ever quite being present. Or rather, it at first seems indifferent to the present. There's a tension of a most unfathomable nature. The word desires to be understood. To have meaning. But you somehow feel that it's not you yourself that the word is addressing. It washes over you, holding a dialogue with something arcane that's maybe not mortal. And you feel intrigued. Captured even. You're aware of a deeper existence. Maybe a temporary reassurance that indeed there is no beginning, no end. And all at once, the outward appearance of meaning is transcended. And you find yourself struggling to comprehend a deep and formidable mystery. All is transient. Does it matter? Do I bother?
Yes I do.
Life is fantastic. It never ends. It only changes. Flesh to stone to flesh. And round and round.
Best keep walking.”
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We are making way for the Homo Superior. We want to go a little farther into the water. To feel that our feet aren’t quite touching the bottom, to be in a place to do something exciting (★). Do you feel it? The electricity humming in the wires?
The Sun Machine is coming down, and we’re gonna have a party.