#materialsm

[thebonesofhoudini]

First of all, let me just say that all of these rappers selling out for Trump is disgusting. What happened to that "Fight The Power" energy that Hip-Hop used to give? What happened to consciousness in Hip-Hop? What happened to political awareness in Hip-Hop? This is disappointing. But when you consider how so many rappers glorify materialism and worship money, all morals and integrity go out the window just for a check and a seat at the table.

[powerful-words]

October 4th, 6:00 pm

or The Night of Katerina Smith's Abduction

It was quiet. She walked, hands in her pockets, shoelaces swinging, steps quick and irregular, through the fading light of the evening. Her head bobbed in time to the music that poured into her ears through the headphones her parents had bought for her birthday, the most expensive pair she owned, with bluetooth and extra bass, her lips mouthing the lyrics. To an outside observer who couldn’t hear the song, she looked rather like an actor in a silent film.

Every so often, a car would whizz by. She knew not by the sound it made, for she could only barely hear it through her headphones, but by the sudden appearance of her shadow in front of her, cast by the approaching headlights.

She gazed down at her feet, taking long strides over the pavement, which was already dry despite the ten hours of rain the day before. She was wearing her favorite pair of shoes - white trainers with baby pink stripes on the side - which she had bought before that style was fashionable and before she even cared that it wasn’t. If she ever bothered to think back to the time when she didn’t care about trends, she’d have been shocked to realize how long ago it was, but she never did think about that period of her life.

As she looked at those shoes, she didn’t think about how long she’d had them. She didn’t think about all the memories those shoes held - all the places she’d worn them and people she saw there - or the way they had stretched around her foot so they fit her perfectly. Instead, she thought about the scuff marks she could see on the sides, and decided she’d have to ask her parents for a new pair.

Looking up from her shoes, Katerina Smith became suddenly aware that her shadow was static. She glanced over her shoulder, where a car idled. It was black and big and menacing, and all thoughts of shoes and headphones left Katerina’s head. She wasn’t scared, though she knew she should have been. Instead, she merely stared at the car blankly as its doors opened toward her.

And then, Katerina Smith, one set of bluetooth headphones, and a pair of pink and white trainers, were gone.

[poor-pixie]

You aren't the things you own. The problem is that you view things as possessions in the first place. ...

Relationships are about doing, not having. ...

Create a system of goals and challenges. ...

Serve. ...

Trash it. ...

See wealth as a challenge not a result. ...

Experience over objects. ...

Build intangible assets.

[trixclibrarian]

...people are just so anxious about every single thing he does.  And they're like: he's doing this, he's doing this, he's doing this. And they stand back and it's like: Well, does that effect you? Well no, but I'm upset about it. It's a false morality. What it should be is like : Okay this doesn't effect me; I'm actually doing okay; I'm going to take action without languishing in the distraction of my anxiety.  And that is like developing a moral sense which is much more difficult, I think.

Connor Habib speaking with Douglas Rushkoff on Team Human ep. 173

The reference is to Trump and the impact his presidency had on... social engagement and unspoken social... contracts (for lack of a better word) - commitments to each other and connected actions. 

[tawnzierww-blog]

Peace is not profitable, that's why our world leaders do not seek it

[bohemian-girl-blog]

Giulio Monteverde (Bistagno, Alessandria 1837 - Roma 1917)

Ideality and Materialsm (The Soul on High), marble (1911)

[bencarsononlsd]

Decadence is bad, and is the leading cause of our nation’s rising rate of bear attacks.

[arealamericana]

"Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body."

-George Carlin