This is in its way as offensive as Jerky's posts are, only done in a care-troll way rather than a hate-troll way. Unacceptable.
Project Willow wrote:Again I say, it has been witnessed, at least in the case of survivors of ra/mc. As to some sort of farther transcendence of the human condition, that remains to be seen.
I am not talking about transcending the human condition but a complete defragging of the psyche so it can be fully "landed" in the body. Survivors may heal enough to become fully functioning and even effective helpers & healers, I have met a few; but that's very far from full embodiment.
Project Willow wrote:Exactly, which is why I have told you before that the work is internal. It is not external, it does not lie in making blog posts about pizzagate, it does not lie in whatever is posted on RI or elsewhere. Until you have done the internal work, all external behavior is suspect.
So is your artwork internal or external? You are creating an unnecessary and false dichotomy. Where does internal work end and external begin? How is internal work even experienced without coming from the inside to the outside? Internal work does not occur in a vacuum, but through relating to others, especially long-term relationship. External expressions (art) is a way of self relating to unconscious. Letting others see it extends that into a larger and more "scary" space, where rubber of subject meets road of object.
Project Willow wrote:This is just simple defeatism. There is a difference between justice and social justice. Social justice is concerned with moulding behavior and altering culture. Justice, well, there is a system for it, and it deserves any number of critiques and adjustments, but it involves law based on empirical evidence for harm done. Sometimes the two overlap, sometimes not, but I find your usage of the term social justice rather disingenuous in this circumstance.
Moulding behavior and altering culture sounds like social engineering to me. Not interested, as I said at the start. I know enough not to trust my conscious intentions here, & that there's always an unconscious saboteur at work and that this is why we have the world we have; it's not good guys and bad guys, it's people trying to bring about good results without "doing the inner work" first, and so using do-goodery as a way to keep their own unconscious at bay. All the evil in the world is the result of people trying to make things better without first being willing to see how and why things are they way they are. IMO.