So I've had some really great conversations…

Recently, on Tumblr and Twitter, I've had the opportunity fofr some really good conversations about Machine Intelligence, Religion, Society, and other topics.

For instance, there was this conversation via Twitter: https://www.patreon.com/creation?hid=1587926

And these thoughts on which I posted to the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/creation?hid=1659139

And then someone asked me this question about Phenomenology: http://wolvensnothere.tumblr.com/post/110558613426/i-think-i-read-on-your-tumblr-recently-that-there

And this one about John Searle and AI: http://wolvensnothere.tumblr.com/post/110736597146/what-do-you-think-of-john-searles-objections-to

So that's nice.

How are you?

A Lupercalia Poem

"But be not broken, o heart…"

…Did you know that Valentine's Day has a history of association with Werewolves? I bet that you did.

Did you know that sometimes I write poetry? I mean, I'm not "a poet," per se, because I don't write poetry all the time, and practice form, and edit and Do The Work of poetry… But sometimes a poem hits me, and I write it down. Anyway, maybe you knew that and maybe you didn't. Now you do.

This time of year hits a lot of people I care about kind of hard, so this poem/invocation/reminder is for them. It's for ALL of us, yeah, but especially them.

Picture's a sigil I crafted a year and a day ago. No i don't remember what it was supped to be for.

Have a good day.

The PROCESS of Phonomancy makes me Feel better, even if the outcome is the same…

Think of it as a Celtic Cross Tarot layout, but with music. That is, you think of a question and shuffle shuffle shuffle and then hit play. The songs first ten songs that play in order from that shuffle fit into the 10 positions of the Celtic Cross Tarot layout. It looks like this:

1) Me As I See Myself: Unknown Artist - Track 50 (From Antichrist Superstar)

2) Immediate Influence: Coheed & Cambria - [The Crowing] www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXCsR6tBE-Q

3) Goal: the pAper chAse - [Ready, Willing, Cain And Able] www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_h0xIO4Wnk

4) Recent Past: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - [Death Is Not The End] www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJwE86Prckw

5) Further Past: Attrition - [Waste Not, Want...More] www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa3BJrt112Q

6) Near Future: Curly Castro - [Homeless Swordsman (prod by Disco Vietnam)] http://wreckingcrew.bandcamp.com/track/homeless-swordsman-prod-by-disco-vietnam

7) Me As Others See Me: Aesop Rock - [Coma] www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFJAVaOgYG8 http://genius.com/Aesop-rock-coma-lyrics

8) Further Future: Björk - [All Is Full of Love] www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xWWsi3RwNI

9) Emotional/Mental State: The Parlour Trick - Laudanum http://theparlourtrick.bandcamp.com/track/laudanum

10) Ultimate Outcome: Warren Zevon - [The Overdraft] www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e-EtXCQLQU

Overall Clarification: Tori Amos - [Way Down] www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujqXYh9IyKI