more art for myself. to share with others. but it's for me.
do a person do a thing for their own sake or for the sake of others.
again this is a question that could be best answered by watching ants.
when you watch an ant do something, is it for the sake of the individual ant or for the other ants it knows?
Neither is true. We do not ascribe these motivations to ants. We say, 'it acts in its own ant nature because that is all it can do.'
So it is the same with us. And we must never make the mistake of removing ourselves from the ant world. We act in service of our nature and make up a justification afterwards.
In no way is this meant to debase or devalue human action. Acting without thinking is the way of the world. It does not negate kindness or compassion or sweetness. It does not negate growth or change.
ant mode and dwelling
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A new album by a band I like came out in the last few months and this one track kinda evokes this nostalgic 'ooOOooOo, it's a spooky circus!' vibe that seemed to be a weird trend in music for a minute during our childhood. Anyway, the song has some spoken lyrics and I caught them talking about dwelling and as the villains of the song, they obviously disparage dwelling. I'm glad you brought back your dwelling series, because I think of that every time I hear this song now! So here is the link to lyrics, now you can craft your rebuttal:
https://genius.com/Ok-goodnight-the-show-lyrics
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