Comments on: transcendent [STAR]

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:06:26 +0000

You don’t need a map if you’re friendly.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/...h/2009/04/for-the-love-of-robots.html

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:10:39 +0000

Hee, hee, hee. Or, don’t go by car. Transcend your lack of bike maps by navigating by the stars. Did you leave already? Oops, sorry.

By: Ted

Ted — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:44:41 +0000

Maybe its TRANSCEND ESCARGOT!

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:38:34 +0000

That I can lift more, that I can go farther than I’ve ever given myself permission or felt like I had license to do before.

Like going in a car with a drivers license?

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:35:02 +0000

TRANSCEND your bike, STARt your journey, GO by CAR! (This subconscience stuff is easy.)

By: STEVE

STEVE — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:07:40 +0000

No, I’m definitely into it Ted, just have other more immediate pressing concerns on my mind!

Greg, I think you’re talking about this:

http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007...3/16/grid-density-explosion-immanent/

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:00:49 +0000

I don’t know if the full impact of those links hit you yet Tim, but its the coolest thing I ever saw. Its internet fabrication and replication. Self replicating machines that can download other machines off the internet.

You can build one of these things and download all the updates to it. Its all open source. One thing people do when they first build it is download a shot glass and toast the machine.

You could download a bike. More realistically you might be able to download the parts for a trailer for your bike to haul cargo.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:40:23 +0000

For what it’s worth, my take on this is that the transcendent [star] could be seen as a response to your worrying about the journey. Especially with the Mario association. Like it’s telling you you’ll transcend the difficulties, be invincible, not worry. Or maybe it’s saying you have to transcend the difference between the ritual/symbolic and the actual?

“cargo” though, brings to mind a couple of things. First being something you’d mentioned early about St Francis calling his body “Brother Ass”. “Cargo” could be a similar kind of description for the body, particularly since it comes after “the proper level of reality, of en-fleshing, these impulses, urges and images ” in your post. The flesh is the cargo carried by the impulses of the spirit. Something like that.

And “cargo” also brings to mind Cargo Cults. The planes won’t land if you just make everything out of bamboo…

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:06:11 +0000

Link didn’t make it:
http://www.portfolio.com/views/columns...erspectives/2009/04/13/DIY-Currencies

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:03:00 +0000

I think you put that dilemma well- trying to discern whether you need to go through something symbollicaly are really. I’m glad you are talking about these links between different places because your old post about creating a time bridge has been on my mind lately. You know the one where you are suppose to listen to the podcast at the same time you read it? Haven’t been able to remember enough about it to even search your archive for it until right now…

Any way not quite in line with this post but here is a great thing about diy currencies:

By: STEVE

STEVE — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:47:22 +0000

I always vacillate between overt-hinking and being totally spontaneous on trips.

Yeah, what I “worried about” with regards to buying a bike specifically for this trip is then being chained to actually riding it, when its very likely that something else will come along which presents itself as a better option.

Great links! How did Johnny Appleseed do it? He’s usually depicted just walking.

http://dearcomputer.nl/gir/?q=johnny+appleseed&s=4&imgtype=any

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:14:54 +0000

I think the spirits are trying to tell you about this:

http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome

http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

This goes with your earlier posts you have been talking about, downloading wealth.

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:41:13 +0000

Transcendent Cargo. Hmmm…

So like…aren’t you just heading NE, basically? I always vacillate between overt-hinking and being totally spontaneous on trips.

I’ve had some really good luck just going for it by the seat of my pants and also some not so good luck. If you have a job waiting on the other end, though and enough cash to eat for a couple weeks, you should just take off.