Notable Quotables
By Indi Riverflow | June 14, 2012
“We’re writing tomorrow’s cliches, today.” -IR
“Poetry does not follow a meter. Poetry produces a meter.” -IR
“When the shift in the political spectrum tends toward tyranny, the center must radicalize to survive.” -IR
“If you want to go off script, better keep the whole movie in your head or you might screw up a cue down the line.” -IR
“Open-mindedness is a trait we tend to value chiefly in other people…” -IR
“Pride? That’s not a sin. Hell, taking pride in a job well done is the motivating force driving all human endeavor.
The ‘sin’, the error, is unjustified pride. Taking pride in mediocrity or shallowness is a crime against the sacred impetus to always bring the best.” -IR
“The greatest barrier to attaining knowledge is the perverse delusion that we are already sufficiently informed.” -IR
” ‘The Truth’ is, at best, an estimation.” -IR
Indi’s First Principle of Political Power:
No one who truly wants the job
Ought ever be allowed to have it. -IR
“As artists, we must remember the sacred role we play in society. We are responsible for the mental and spiritual health of the culture. The whole world is counting on us to shine light on our sisters and our brothers, so that we may collectively make peace with each other and the rest of Nature.” -IR
“If your perspective allows you to see a problem, it is up to you to figure out a solution. You can’t count on anyone else to fix it. The job belongs to those who perceive it.” -IR
KarmaWheel. World Tour. December 21st, 2012. All channels broadcast simultaneously. Be there, you have no choice.
We are now on the terminal lap of a tightening coil going back sixty-four million years, and the finish line is just a couple of seasons off. Neverpoint, here WE come.
“One of the biggest lies nearly everyone accepts is that there is an “energy shortage”. That is absurd. There is no shortage of energy.
We are bathed in energy all the time, it is in the fabric of the Universe. The scarcity of power is an illusion fostered to those who wish to sell our birthright to us. They know that if energy were unlimited, so would our personal power.
We are being kept as dependent slaves by local utilities, and if you want a revolution, start there.”
“Hippies are discriminated against in subtle ways. For example, parking tickets. We are being penalized for not knowing what time it allegedly ‘is’…” -IR
“Magick is knowing when to push your luck.” -IR
“Whenever someone starts talking about ‘facts’, I get ready to hear some unsupported opinion.” -IR
“We may be mightier than the mountain, but we are no match for the microbe.” -IR
“There is no such such thing as a ‘free’ country. Governments exist to limit freedom.”
“Whenever there are evident shortages of infinite commodities, like energy or information, suspect a conspiracy.”
“Persistence trumps genius every time.” -IR
“Aspire to mediocrity, and your success is virtually guaranteed.” -IR
“It’s not supposed to make linear sense. It’s post-rational. We’re beyond all that suffocating logic now.” -IR
“This planet, and indeed this entire solar system, represents the embryonic stage in the life cycle of a star. We are neurons firing in the womb, exhausting possibilities, and creating a stellar consciousness which will endure for billions of years.” -IR
“I’m addicted to morphemes!” -IR
Indi’s Law of Social Physics: “Any source of abundant energy has creative and destructive potential, which will inevitably be exploited in an equal and opposite reaction.” -IR
“Having politicians in authority over matters of chemistry and botany is like having scientists in charge of graft and character assassination. Oh, wait…” -IR
“Paradox is just nature’s way of saying that your mind isn’t open enough.” -IR
“We are capable of apprehending far more than we are capable of comprehending.” -IR
“The politics of which one of us is doing it is ruining the is-ness of it all!” -IR
“Part of sharing effectively is knowing when it is your turn and taking full advantage before passing it back.” -IR
“I like nothing quite so much as having options.
I like nothing so little as being out of them.” -IR
“The thing about music is that it doesn’t really sound right unless you can see it.”-IR
“Dance is how we answer the question of where to put our hands and feet while music plays. Like a full-body Rorcshach blot, the moves we choose says a lot about who we are.” -IR
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