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refusing to change the channel
SPACE RAPTOR BUTT INVASION was received through an antenna to the infinite. POUNDED IN THE BUTT BY MY OWN BUTT was received through an antenna to the infinite. BURY YOUR GAYS and FABULOUS BODIES were received this way too. the skill was not WRANGLING them, it was in having the courage to let them be
i understand the instinct to wrangle these creative transmissions and control the outcome when you connect to them. thats so much raw power in our human hands and it can be scary, and one way of making it feel SAFE is to wrap it up in irony or only sample a half measure. buckaroo, STAY OPEN to it
what is the infinite? some buckaroos say ‘god’, which i suppose is a useful shorthand. i am not religious in any way, so for me, CREATIVITY ITSELF is something to resonate with, a force humming through all things. maybe the infinite is just transmissions outward from our own heart? that works too
i write this KNOWING some buckaroos will think it is absurd to talk about creating BIGFOOT PIRATES HAUNT MY BALLS as some transcendent spiritual piece, but it was. and THAT is why it resonates. the art itself, yes, but that art is tethered to the fearlessness of sincerity. THAT is raw cosmic power
this is not a post to talk myself up. it is to say that EVERY SINGLE HUMAN ON THIS PLANET is capable of hoisting that antenna. it is a description of the grand cosmic might of unbridled human creativity. to create ANYTHING is to tap into this force. YOU can tap into it, but will you let it flow?
i believe that you can, but it does not require a tighter grip, it requires a looser one. it is the about having the courage to receive something absurd, or embarrassing, or strange, and to refuse to change the channel. THAT is the power that you wield as an artist and it can bend entire universes