Maciolekism

The Pursuit of Context

It took me a long time to learn, frustratingly brutal trial and error, fighting presumptions and misconceptions, but eventually I realized that all of my writing leads to this work: Maciolekism. My very own philosophy.

Latest Posts

  • The Purposes of Art

    Some art is about sharing an experience. Some art is about sharing a feeling,.. or the experience of a feeling. Some art is about sharing an idea, or a vision. Some art is about sharing a perspective,.. of an idea… Continue reading

  • Associative Media Fatigue

    A few years ago there was a media blitz about the Toyota Prius having deadly problems with it’s cruise control. It lasted exactly six weeks, turned out to be completely false, and Ford coincidentally announced it’s own hybrid car in… Continue reading

  • A Fractal Deception

    There is displayed intent to misinform, and to profit from the reactions to such lies. There is displayed intent to deceive and project blame for evil deeds onto others. But, over all, as a source to all of this, there… Continue reading

  • On Grooming

    Raising children has always required grooming. Boys must be groomed into men, girls groomed into women, and little monsters groomed into civilized adults. And, there has always been outside influence. Joe Camel groomed children to smoke cigarettes. The PGA grooms… Continue reading

  • Building Trust In Our Own Intelligence

    The best way to prepare for hard times is to practice being present in the moment, reading the environment and being open to all options, and making choices with confidence despite not knowing the outcome in advance. This builds trust… Continue reading

  • The reason a perfect society will never exist is because it takes monsters to create one, but those same monsters could never live in one. And monsters outside of the community will always be distrusted, feared, and eventually violently destroyed. Continue reading

  • A Recipe For Collapse

    To work together with someone as equals,we have to be able to engage both as leader and follower;sometimes dominant and other times subordinate. American culture nurtures people to be one or the other,making it impossible for anyone to work together… Continue reading

  • One Slap In A World Of Violence

    Two early birds see the same fat Earthworm stretched out in the cool dew of the early morning grass. Life is a game, and our obsession with sports gives people the wrong impression as to the fundamental nature of this… Continue reading

  • If I Only Knew The Words Back Then

    Some time ago, before all this modern weirdness, a person in my life who was normally an aggressive and abusive jerk, always looking to weasel people into doing things for them, came at me insisting that they were nice and… Continue reading

  • The Four Constant Disciplines

    Religion is a formula of rites, rituals, mores, and norms that have evolved, or been designed to build and maintain a community. If I were to start a religion these would be the four corners of the foundation; The Four… Continue reading