May 17, 2024 - 3:27 am
"There was no doubt about it the city was the culmination of man's mastery over the environment." "Efficiency had been forced on Earth with increasing population. Two billion people, three billion, even five billion could be supported by the planet by progressive lowering of the standard of living."
- Isaac Asimov, Caves of Steel
Notable inclusions:
"The eyes will be jealous" in reference to Scars on Broadway's song "Talkin Shit"
Many magazine letter cutouts, an homage to ransom letters
"Plead your case to the wicked" also included in the piece Facet of Human Nature
June 1, 2024 - 6:43 am
"Addiction cradles the mind and kills the body. What is stronger, sheer will or death? You put the power of life and death into the hands of one man and you beat him into submission. Do you expect him to keep living under your watchful eye? No. He will end his life to discover his true freedom. He is an addict."
Notable inclusions:
"isolation/desolation" in reference to the 2nd track on MIMESIS
a series of words cut out from books
"torment." in reference to the 4th track on MIMESIS
two figures cut from magazines
the text written around the border is from March 3, 2024, an excerpt written in a notebook
July 28, 2024 - 9:58 am
"Don't sleep at night you must find out whats going on, you're a pawn in a game you're oblivious of. And they want it that way, desensitize the masses so they don't look up and ask, it's an innovation tactic that you've fallen into the trap of."
Notable inclusions:
a scan of librium, from the Librium musical cassette by Zach Long and Jimmy O'keefe
A spider and the word AWAKE, a reference to "Spiders" by System of a Down
"march off the cliff" as in the lemming theory
"Torment" in reference to the 4th track on MIMESIS
"Isolation" in reference to the 2nd track on MIMESIS
"torture" written in morse code
A four part series completed in 5 days during April 2024.
April 11, 2024 - 4:17 am
"The most basic form of mind control is repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition. repetition."
April 12, 2024 - 1:13 am
"Hide behind your eyes hide behind your lies hide behind your eyes hide behind your lies hide behind your eyes hide behind your lies hide behind your eyes hide behind your lies hide behind your eyes hide behind your lies"
April 15, 2024 - 1:44 am
"I'm desperately trying to hide I'm desperately trying to hide I'm desperately trying to hide I'm desperately trying to hide I'm desperatel - I'm trying to gain control - trying to hide I'm desperately trying to hide."
Notable inclusions:
"Torn Apart" in reference to Enter Shikari's Torn Apart
April 16, 2024 - 12:43 am
"Isolate. Things have been desolate, can't control the fact I want to suffocate. Head has no empty space, do you believe the lies spread through the conduit. Can you control your own influence. Create and destroy your life."