On Holding the Mayonnaise

Quell that enthusiasm, take a few less breaths and breath harder on the exhale. Now don’t you feel a little better?

No?

Society says you can’t make a living off of what you love. So instead make a living off of what you hate and eventually you will have enough money to buy what makes you happy. Or maybe it’s that if you work long enough doing something you hate, eventually you will earn enough money to pick up what you love to do as a hobby.

It’s like that old adage, do what you love or love what you do. But what’s the percentage of those who actually accomplish the “do what you love” part?

Skeptics bash those who would attempt it. However, despite the overwhelming majority that would disagree, there’s nothing wrong with dreaming big. Even though there is always room for disaster, insurance gives us peace of mind. Now try applying that philosophy to life. Ahh, feeling calmer already.

And Just What is it That You Actually Do Again?

Whoever has been asked this question, raise your hand. Now raise your hand again if you actually answer that question. (Kudos to you for going that extra mile.) As a new graduate who went to school for one thing, only to be dreadfully confused on what to do after recieving said degree, this question can be somewhat difficult to answer.

Same thing happens to us; exactly how does one describe Live.Art.Die to the non-Live.Art.Dieist? Let’s first examine the philosophy more closely.

1: Live.Art.Dieism: The Word

Though totally and completely made-up, it does come dangerously close to the word Deism which honestly has nothing to do with our theories at all. We are, in fact, NOT Live.Art.Deist; but Live.Art.Dieist!!!

As in: the belief that one who creates is an artist and what they create is art regardless of public opinion. A Live.Art.Dieist firmly believes in their own creations as being “art” and being “created,” therefore the Dieist then becomes the “artist,” distinguishing themselves from other artists, or people who refer to themselves as such.

2. Politics:

Just because a Live.Art.Dieist firmly supports their own work, does not mean that they don’t support the work of others. Actually, the support of fellow Live.Art.Dieist is always appreciated and encouraged; however, most Live.Art.Dieist do find it difficult to support work that they do not like, and actually we really don’t see anything wrong with that.

A Live.Art.Dieist will always uphold their own integrity by not only supporting the work of other Live.Art.Dieist but by being an active member of the global art community. While many people consider themselves artists, unfortunately, not everyone is a Live.Art.Dieist.

3. Moral Story to this Lesson

Live. Art. Die is a philosophy to live your life by. How simple!

To the Possibly Departed

A lot of things can cross your mind when your bed ridden with a sinus infection, like where your old email accounts will go after you die. Actually, it’s a pretty good question whether your laid up in bed or not.

Turns out that now people can legally “will” their old email accounts to friends and relatives via online services. Whatever happened to signing your name on a piece of paper? I guess word of mouth just doesn’t count over the internet.

(For more info on this topic read: New services promise online life after death)

Either way, the idea definitely brought about the thought of what would happen to us after we die. “Us” of course meaning live.art.die, not that other “us” people tend to think about.

Here’s the philosophy on that question: between life and death there’s this big space of something to do in the middle. As long as this big gap is still open, we’ll survive, even if it’s just “us” and the digital termites. As long as those termites don’t eat their way through our wordpress, and the only way to prevent that is to keep reading our blog and supporting us, the real us.

So Apparently the World is Going Down?

 Pots, pans, dishes…. everything but the kitchen sink.

According to CNN.com, the world is coming to an end. Now, I ‘ve come to this conclusion not only from feature articles such as: “Killer mice endanger island albatrosses“; “Head banging parrot proves birds can dance”; and “Can Bristol Palin stop teens from having sex“. But also because anything the news says is true and therefore, the world must be on the brink of extinction if we are looking to the previously impregnated to give advice on abstinence.

Somehow, though, all of the nonsense going on in the world leads me to think about Live.Art.Die and our mission. One of the worst possible scenarios is that the world suddenly comes to an end, and this possibility made me think about what would happen to Live.Art.Die and the D.E.A.W.D.S.

If the world is coming to an end, the one thing I know we all can count on is wordpress still existing since the internet kind of doesn’t really exist in the first place.  That’s hopeful!