understand


1279 understand violence

violence is just a way
for some people to learn more
about others and themselves




1268 i do not like books

i do not read books
and it took me decades
to understand why
i do not like it.

it is because
they are so subjective
and i do not like
anything with a limited
point of view.




1184 confusing poem

i am very confused
by this poem.
i really do not understand it.
please help me.
what does this poem mean?
what is it about?




1183 israel vs palestine again

israel vs palestine
is a result of a false belief
that people can be only one thing:
israeli jew or a palestinian muslim.

it is a belief that that we can not be
thousand things at the same time,
that israeli jewish palestinian muslim
is impossible.

as soon as we understand
that we are capable of being many things,
we will be free,
we will be superhuman.




1045 relax

none of us knows much
and we are all
constantly improvising
and clumsily trying
to do something weird
that only we
understand and like




1044 artwork i never made

when i was young
i wanted to make
an artwork:

a chess video game
in which chess ai
is actually conscious
and can only communicate
by moving pieces,
and it is up to the players
to have the patience
to understand it.

maybe i will make
this artwork
before i die.




1001 we are limited

to understand
how limited we are
by language
just try to learn
a new language




961 did we destroy all art?

there is a 63 % chance that we lost
all ability to understand and make art
and what we understand and make now
is not art but something else
much less useful




910 peacemaker, maybe

i came up with a poem
about how i am a peacemaker
because i can talk to enemies
and understand them
and compromise with them
and change me and them,
but an hour later i met an enemy
and got super upset like an idiot.




742 nelson mandela

many do not realize
that nelson mandela is great
not for ending apartheid
but for ending apartheid
peacefully.

not being violent
was his ultimate fuck you
to the oppressors
who were to dumb
to understand his insult.




737 imagining our evil

it is useful
to imagine all the evil stuff
we want to do
so we can understand
ourselves better.
dreaming of evil
does not mean we will do it.
we should not fear it.
it only means
that we did not process
that energy into something better.
obviously, do not do evil.
just imagine it.




pro-putin art at la biennale

it is a mistake
to ban pro-putin art from la biennale
because
war is only a symptom
and we will never eradicate it
if we do not understand the cause




religion

people speak
least with language

to understand people
ignore the language




7 reasons to have kids

they are literally you,
you create and shape another conscious being,
they expand your capacity for love,
they help you understand yourself
they make you better,
they offer the highest level of connection,
they are your best friend.