I think that’s awesome, Miranda. I, too, have been feeling completely black pilled lately. The release of the Epstein files, and seeing the depth and scale of depravity by everyone running the entire world, has been almost too much for my system to handle — on top of these past two-plus years of genocide, and then the brutality of ICE on our own streets.
I agree, countering the world’s darkness with love and joy IS another form of resistance. I never thought of that. For me, it’s my music. I’m a musician and songwriter. That’s my therapy. That’s my joy… my escape. We all need something to keep us sane — and happy — in such dark times.
I love this for you, Miranda! I often think of the quote from Friedrich Nietzsche…
“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”
I’ve spent my entire adult life gazing into the abyss, with my policing career. I’ve learned in recent years that sometimes it’s ok to look away from the abyss. It’ll still be there when we turn back to it. Looking forward to the Patreon!
Thanks Chris! After two years of barelly functioning I came to realize that joy is fucking resistance! Love (even if watching it onscreen) is a conter-programming. Storytelling is recalibration.
We're told, day after day, to accept stories that don't match what we can see. That violence is unfortunate but necessary. That dissent is dangerous. That empathy is naive. That obedience is patriotism. Fuck that shit. They drained all the joy out of us, and again — joy IS resistance. Tenderness is resistance. I haven’t listened to one song for the past two years! No more. I want to counter all their bullshit with writing about films, music, tv, books, love, connection, self-examination. It made me so much more focused and precise in the past two months that I have changed my tune. Hope you do the same!
I think that’s awesome, Miranda. I, too, have been feeling completely black pilled lately. The release of the Epstein files, and seeing the depth and scale of depravity by everyone running the entire world, has been almost too much for my system to handle — on top of these past two-plus years of genocide, and then the brutality of ICE on our own streets.
I agree, countering the world’s darkness with love and joy IS another form of resistance. I never thought of that. For me, it’s my music. I’m a musician and songwriter. That’s my therapy. That’s my joy… my escape. We all need something to keep us sane — and happy — in such dark times.
It was nice to read this.
I love this for you, Miranda! I often think of the quote from Friedrich Nietzsche…
“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”
I’ve spent my entire adult life gazing into the abyss, with my policing career. I’ve learned in recent years that sometimes it’s ok to look away from the abyss. It’ll still be there when we turn back to it. Looking forward to the Patreon!
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Thanks Chris! After two years of barelly functioning I came to realize that joy is fucking resistance! Love (even if watching it onscreen) is a conter-programming. Storytelling is recalibration.
We're told, day after day, to accept stories that don't match what we can see. That violence is unfortunate but necessary. That dissent is dangerous. That empathy is naive. That obedience is patriotism. Fuck that shit. They drained all the joy out of us, and again — joy IS resistance. Tenderness is resistance. I haven’t listened to one song for the past two years! No more. I want to counter all their bullshit with writing about films, music, tv, books, love, connection, self-examination. It made me so much more focused and precise in the past two months that I have changed my tune. Hope you do the same!