jamal ✨
@jamalcassim
art + aesthetics + unreality / let’s build a new renaissance
every aspect of our world is about to go through a great norming. once we drove the cost of opinions to zero, it was inevitable that the edges of everything would be worn away. resist. hold extremist views. read widely, ignore the machine, don’t fill your life with slop.
Note: please understand these are not used to treat or diagnose anything, these are educational and what i’ve used/experimented with myself. Fetters Model: simplytheseen.com/start-here.html Kevin’s (from SimplyTheSeen) talk on Fetters with Angelo Dilulo: youtube.com/watch?v=eye33k… “My”…
Can’t believe I’ve lived far enough into the future to learn the first slur for robots
when u call customer support and a clanker picks up
drowning in endless "articles" and "thinkpieces" that are obvious AI slop, even written by people I like/respect. makes me want to vomit BUT also it feels like the only solution to be obviously non-AI slop is... to write slop? as in 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑦? many such cases
denying yourself the opportunity to experience what you really want hurts more than being rejected for who you are ever will
Fictitious listeners of fictitious artists all fabricating fictitious capital
Human cultural replacement. Not just AI music but AI listeners too - a fake and fraudulent way for Spotify to generate Ad revenue. Who needs humans when bots can click on links and trick advertisers into paying for fake engagement.
I coach some of the world’s most successful individuals. If you're ambitious but feeling stuck... → Read these 16 insights for a breakthrough:
You can be in a state of surrender AND also have big ambition & goals at the same time. One is held in the head, and one in the heart. To do both, the heart leads and the brain follows.
having people who respectfully disagree with you is a wealth beyond compare that many of us are slowly losing
One of my all-time favorite type of videos is pre-fame bands playing their extremely famous songs to a tiny room of people, because they're not yet known. A thread of some examples: Bastille playing Pompeii in what looks like someone's living room:
on the meal you’re avoiding. where what you loathe to do might be the thing that saves you jamalcassim.com/the-morning-mo…
One time I took an edible and let myself fully feel a prevalent pain in my knee to the fullest to the point it transformed into tingles and Love and the pain was gone in the morning . You have to trust pain for real. Resistance is the true killer
There will be moments when it's not smart to consume certain art we find moving & meaningful. There are songs & poems I absolutely love & treasure-- but which don't support me in managing my emotions or cravings when I'm fragile. Art is powerful. Use it wisely in recovery.