I’m what I would call a video essayist.
This is my logo. It’s a tree sprouting from a camera lens. I use this instead of my face because it’s less stupid. I had it made by an artist friend about a decade ago. If it ain’t broke, don’t give it any more money.
To be honest, I am pretty much a nobody. And that is how I like it. I don’t have special training or knowlage. I frustrate myself with my constant inability to get anything done. I took an adderall the other day and most definitely have ADHD. I have traveled a bit. I speak a bit of english. I’m a student of Common Law. I’m a self-proclaimed amateur philosopher. The Law of One changed my life. I don’t repeat jokes. Jokes exist in time and therfore cannot be replicated. I don’t believe certainty exists. If you say you are certain about something, I will automatically think your opinion is trash. As you can tell, I have problems with Descartes. I think questions are way more interesting than answers. I don’t steal jokes, I adopt them. I still don’t know what I think about puns. I have many friends and a few enemies. I enjoy cliché sayings and believe that it mistake to overlook simple and timeless truths. I have some lovers and some hater. I like weed, titties in my face, and bass music. I’m allergic to horses and medicate myself accordingly. I don’t care if you pronounce something wrong as long as I know what you mean. I will only enjoy your company if you embody this quote from Aristotle,
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
There is no room in my brain for people are unable to mentally hold abstract concepts without being emotionally affected by them. I am not like this in real life. I can be an ass and often make off-colored jokes but my default is kindness and consideration (thank u dad). I love my mom more than anything and don’t call her enough. I hate myself for this… I am learning to love myself. I’m bad at answering the phone. I know that I have found a truth when I have come to a paradox. I watch my thoughts very carefully. The aperture of what I am willing to consider to be true is basically prolapsing. I have experienced both dyslexia and Christ consciousness. My safe word(s) is pineapple juice. I serve tables to sustain myself in this bullshit economy. I spent $11.55 on four apples yesterday! Granted they were voluptuous, organic, honeycrisps but still. Pineapple Juice!
I have “failed” to “make” something of my life and quite despise the very idea that I need to be more than what I am and that the only thing that will validate my worth is the currency flowing through me. I guess it’s not a bad measuring stick. But I only wish they would measure from underneath my intentions. I want to co-create a world where the default value of a person is there existence, primarily, and the art that natural flows from their authentic desire to express into the physical world, secondarily.
All this to say. I have no particular license or certificate or award recognizing me as someone of particular specialized knowledge. I am no better than you and probably worse—I take that back—you suck. I have no business teaching anyone anything. Everything I say is my opinion. If you take one of my opinions at face value, you are an idiot for not searching for answers that feel true for you. I will never say I am objectively right. I won’t even say that I am right. I don’t believe in right and wrong. I believe in context. I am not going to treat you like a child. If you don’t get what I’m saying, I don’t care. I like being vague. Everything is up for interpretation. I’m not going to argue with you. I will never try to convince anyone of anything. I will present you with myths, microworlds, and perspectives that you can hold in your hand and look and think, “hu.” This is my offer.
This will also be an archive of the information I am putting together as a body of work that will come together and become a comprehensive understanding of how to break out of the matrix and build a new world. All legally. All peacefully. The only weapon you need is your free will.
Hi, I’m Daniel J. Alexander
These are some of the video essays I made and consider to be my main artist expression.
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