The Lichtenbergian<p>"Look at all those other people going places!<br>Is there any reason you shouldn't hop on and go, too?<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AbortiveAttempts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortiveAttempts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a>" <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/postcardquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postcardquotes</span></a></p>
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The Lichtenbergian<p>The Universe gives you infinite chaos — your job as the artist is to pick up the right bits to use to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AbortiveAttempts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortiveAttempts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/postcardquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postcardquotes</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>Making the Thing That Is Not is just connecting the dots — only you have to draw them. And also number them. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/postcardquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postcardquotes</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>All those words — surely one of them is yours. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/postcardquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postcardquotes</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>Your void is incomplete. You should fix that. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AbortiveAttempts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortiveAttempts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/postcardquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postcardquotes</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> (p. 8) <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>Your void is incomplete. You should fix that. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AbortiveAttempts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortiveAttempts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/postcardquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postcardquotes</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>The Universe gives you infinite chaos — your job as the artist is to pick up the right bits to use to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AbortiveAttempts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortiveAttempts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/postcardquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postcardquotes</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>Art doesn’t happen just ‘because.’ It happens because we *will* it to happen. We must *decide* to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a>, and that requires that we need some kind of call to our own brains to get to work and to stop worry about getting the herb garden planted. (p. 75) <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ritual</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>People, if we have survived Cats and Mama Mia! and any number of Michael Bay movies, the impact of any dreck that you create is unlikely to be statistically significant. So make your thing anyway. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Blogquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blogquotes</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards. — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook F.39 <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LichtenbergianQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LichtenbergianQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>Making the Thing That Is Not is just connecting the dots — only you have to draw them. And also number them. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/postcardquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postcardquotes</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>People, if we have survived Cats and Mama Mia! and any number of Michael Bay movies, the impact of any dreck that you create is unlikely to be statistically significant. So make your thing anyway. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Blogquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blogquotes</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>Your void is incomplete. You should fix that. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AbortiveAttempts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortiveAttempts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/postcardquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postcardquotes</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards. — G.C. Lichtenberg, Notebook F.39 <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LichtenbergianQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LichtenbergianQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>Art doesn’t happen just ‘because.’ It happens because we *will* it to happen. We must *decide* to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a>, and that requires that we need some kind of call to our own brains to get to work and to stop worry about getting the herb garden planted. (p. 75) <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ritual</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>Dancing. Drawing. Singing. Making the Thing That Is Not. Human. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Blogquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blogquotes</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> (p. 8) <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p>Art doesn’t happen just ‘because.’ It happens because we *will* it to happen. We must *decide* to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a>, and that requires that we need some kind of call to our own brains to get to work and to stop worry about getting the herb garden planted. (p. 75) <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Ritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ritual</span></a></p>
The Lichtenbergian<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MakeTheThingThatIsNot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeTheThingThatIsNot</span></a> (p. 8) <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Lichtenbergianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lichtenbergianism</span></a></p>
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