a thing has life in proportion to the degree that it is a source of reality to be "real" to a conscious observer it is not only necessary to exist but also to ARISE within that consciousness
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modern office settings feel sterile bc they are so clean and glossy that they actively reject use living things form a "patina" with use. the fingerprints of an attending consciousness are embedded as part of its history. not as something to be wiped off with a microfiber cloth
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urban environments do not form this "patina" because the scars of potholes and heroine needles are not the result of conscious tending but as byproducts of unconscious action in service of other actions the scars are buried under noise of other scars, but the pain remains
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it is easy to parrot that "not a single grain of sand in the universe is in the wrong place" atop a mountain staring at the clouds and trees it is not so easy to do so within an "uglier" environmenthttps://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1392343990687522817 …
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devils advocate here... the needles and people themselves are the patina of a different abstraction layer, one that does make conscious decisions, that intentionally optimizes for pain
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yea, someone who lives in such a city may see life made more beautiful through these scars, but someone from a silver spoon suburb may only associate it w/ crime and grime
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