The Neon God
Posted in Personal Web, Psychology on February 29, 2024 by foreverliketh.is ‐ 5 min read
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A nightlightึ / neon lampึ in the form of Lain Iwakuraึ, main protagonist of the anime: Serial Experiments Lainึ. A book about Charles Darwinึ, and his scientific theoryึ of evolutionึ, the word ‘LOVE’ึ, and a model of the Eiffel Towerึ, are all featured in the background. Found on AliExpress.ึ
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IndieWeb Carnival:ึ A project helping motivate people to write more on their personal websites. This monthโs host is Manuel Morealeึ, and the topic was โDigital Relationshipsโ.ึ
Lainchan Web Festival:ึ A project trying to foster a more active, independent web community. This month’s host (and founder) is newdigitalera.orgึ, and the topic was ‘Nature’.
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Finally, this post was heavily inspired by suraguึ and his post: suragu posmoderno. It’s written in Spanishึ, but you can read it in (Google Translated) English here.ึ
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In Spanish, we have the saying: ‘Amor de lejos, amor de pendejos’. In English it’d be, roughly: ‘Love from afar, love for idiots’. Like the proverb, I won’t be bothering to define loveึ today. For the sake of discussion though, let’s roll with the idea that love is present, in some way, throughout the typical trifecta of:
Co-workers / Acquaintances <–> Friends <–> Family.
Ergo: Abuelita doesn’t approve of far-off friends, and she sure as hell ain’t commending you for having a long-distance lover.
I don’t hear the adage as much as I used to anymore. I suspect its perceived value has been slowly eroding away; not that it was ever intended to be dogma. Though, lol, Gran Gran did enjoy having the highest likelihood of getting to say ‘I told you so’. But, ha! She couldn’t forsee the future! We sure got one over on her in the end… Right?
Present Day, Present Time
Meemaw, for all her faults, be spitting straight fax, yo. Unfortunately, her wisdom is up against a formidable force, an adversary capable of warping humanity’s sense of spacetime.
When journeys that once seemed impossible, now take hours–ึ
When our studies of the heavens make the earth feel small–ึ
When “relating” can occur between anyone, anywhere, at near-light speeds–ึ
the meaning of ‘far away’ begins to blur. And detractors proclaim Nana’s perception of proximity as “primitive”. Because their new lord has bestowed upon them a “more accurate” understanding.
Just a Manึ
The deity has no shortage of such “gifts” either. Each one individually, and cumulatively, granting all manner of “celestial power”. How could anyone blame us faithful for our worship? We’ve become “almighty”:
Carrying “omniscience” in our pockets, manifesting fantasies as “reality”, larping as Frankensteins!ึ We converse as phantoms, the diluted remnants of intimacy’s essence, and yet still, somehow, retain the gall to call that a “relationship”.
Clearly, we’ve deemed Nature as “inadequate”. God’s labour as “insufficient”. And that, where He “falters”, the imitator “provides”: Synthesized light, fueled by the unrelenting, subatomic dissection of the apple. A sad substitute for the Sun’s sanctuary. But we’d trade ANYTHING to keep away the dark. ANYTHING for “salvation”.
For the absence of hardship, uncertainty, unknowns, loss, loneliness, hate, heartbreak, struggles, pain, death. Indeed, a “perfect world” knows not of night…
And so, we sooner play at divine architects, at semi-gods, than attempt to live humbly, boldly, gracefully, (w)holy, as men.
Contributors: Simon & Garfunkelึ –> The Sounds of Silence [#1ึ & #2ึ] | Serial Experiments Lain [#1ึ, #2ึ & #3ึ] –> Lainchanึ –> Yukinuึ –> Lainringึ + sizeof.catึ –> CozyBrozึ –> CozyNet IRCึ –> suraguึ –> suragu posmoderno [spaึ & engึ] + Lil Pumpึ –> Don Omarึ –> King of Kingsึ –> Saliรณ el Sol [#1ึ & #2ึ] | Charles Darwinึ –> On the Origin of Speciesึ | Gilbert Ryleึ –> Ghost in the machineึ | Andreiึ | Albert Einsteinึ –> special theory of relativityึ | The Voyager Programึ –> Carl Saganึ –> Pale Blue Dot [#1ึ & #2ึ] | The Bible [#1ึ & #2ึ] + Aaron Leonardึ –> Book of Genesis [#1ึ & #2ึ] –> Garden of Edenึ –> Tree of the knowledge of good and evilึ –> Forbidden fruitึ –> John Miltonึ –> Paradise Lost [#1ึ & #2ึ] | Homerึ –> The Odyssey [#1ึ & #2ึ] –> Odysseusึ –> Astyanaxึ –> Jorge Rivera-Herrans / Epic: The Musicalึ | Prometheusึ –> Mary Shelleyึ –> Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus [#1ึ & #2ึ] –> Victor Frankensteinึ –> Frankenstein’s monsterึ | Avocado Animationsึ –> Velma Meets the Original Velmaึ | Rush (band)ึ –> 2112 (album)ึ –> 2112 (song) [#1ึ & #2ึ]
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