In Heart of Darkness, a man journeys down a river to look for a man who has gone 'native.' In this book, his state of mind changes as his journey progresses. The idea of what is and what is not is explored in this novella.
Are we living in a cave? Is there only the mind and what the mind projects? Is everyone suffering from solipsism?
Why the fuck should we care?
Spike Jonze, David Fincher, and the Wachowski Brothers already covered this subject. The idea of "where is my mind?" is gone. The only people who do care about this are high school teenagers and Timothy Leary, who discovered a new color.
Instead, the focus of this blog will be on the random discussion (hopefully) between two authors who spend an hour a day together before leaving for food. Interestingly enough, Kahuame likes philosophical debates and controversial subjects, while I just like being politically incorrect. Hopefully none of that will ever show up here for fear of the immutability of internet webpages. Instead of wondering about the unknown, let's take a look at what we do know:
"The future's a thing of the past." One of the most honest taglines, featured in Children of Men. Sadly enough, it works just as well in reality.
"This is the CENTRAL SCRUTINIZER. Joe has just worked himself into an imaginary frenzy during the fade-out of his imaginary song. He begins to feel depressed now. He knows the end is near. He has realized at last that imaginary guitar notes and imaginary vocals exist only in the mind of the imaginer. And ultimately, who gives a fuck anyway?! Excuse me. Who gives a fuck anyway? So he goes back to his ugly little room and quietly dreams his last imaginary guitar solo." This is pretty awesome.
You wish.