Questions and doubts from friends
The Devil’s Journal, Questions and Doubts from Friends
Tag: a symbol of freedom
Entertaining Opposing Ideas May Bring Positive Change
These last few days have been about resetting after contemplating the state of the world. I have not contributed much to this blog or to any other platform for that reason, but I should be more responsible with my content. I will do my best not to miss too many days. The challenge posed to [...]
The Devil’s Journal, Meeting Natasha
January 27, 2022. 3 minutes to noon. Understandably, the Devil is symbolic of everything evil. Son of perdition and the Prince of Lies are, amongst many others, monikers for the archetype of the Devil. And this only makes the idea of the Devil's journal more appealing to some humans. "You must get up to some [...]
The Devil’s New NFT Project
Not too many things are as devilish as self-confidence, and I'd like to think that the Devil's new NFT project reflects high self-esteem and not arrogance. You can imagine the tickling effect of digitising one's face to put out there for others to consider purchasing it. I don't mind, really, it's been quite a ride [...]
Defending Truth: Justin Trudeau Edition
In mid-December of 2021, a video about Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, did its rounds on the conspiracy Internet, and hundreds of thousands of tinfoil hat-wearing folks shared it without requiring additional information. The video, a deceptively edited twenty-five-second snippet of a more extended interview, showed Justin Trudeau allegedly saying that his government was willing [...]
Dreams of Power, From the Diary of Peyton Dracco
Thursday, August 20 of 2020, 30 minutes past midnight. I often joke about forgetting the reasons or motivations for my creativity, but my current inability to compose long, coherente passages is a reflection of a personal pathology I need to address now. It's an invisible affliction caused by poor focus on me and the meditations [...]
Love and Desire, From the Diary of Peyton Dracco
On the Need for Love and Desire Saturday, April 11th of 2015. 11 minutes after 3:00 pm I see most emotions as hindrances to logically productive lives. Even within the vice of subjectivity, all we need to thrive as a society are what I used to call (and may get into the habit again) the [...]
More on Formlessness, From the Diary of Peyton Dracco
More on formlessness and its power Monday, June 5th of 2017. 51 minutes past midnight. A short break from drafting up business documents is complimented by a follow up to my former post. Being formless allows the notions of friend and foe to dissolve; it makes it known that there is no such thing as [...]
Dreams of Flying, From the Diary of Peyton Dracco
On Dreams of Flying and other realisations of power Tuesday, August 20th of 2019. 31 minutes past 6:00 am. I don't believe in the metaphysical aspect of dreams; even philosophically, the sceptical hypothesis (as weird as it can get) has more explanatory power for them than the idea of dreams being premonitory. Dreams are likely [...]
A Man, the Devil, and a Fractured Mind
What follows is the first of a series of conversations with a man I have known for decades. This is his account of how we met, and yes, I play the Devil in this story. I have arranged the language and structure of the original post to fit the style of this blog. My Conversation [...]