Virtue & Beauty

Humans are Movement MachinesWhat is or are the best industries to be in? Movement. The idea that movement is medicine, and or, the purpose of being a human is movement?So… The purpose of having a brand isn’t too “think“… Rather, to coordinate movement. Being a biped , having two eyes for depth perception, balance, etc. Now that I’m back in LA… I almost tried to religiously do my daily morning walk hike. To me it’s almost essential and critical?Assuming that thoughts, having interesting thoughts is our supreme joy and passion, then… Hiking and walking seems critical.I’ve discovered for myself, walking around the block on flat surfaces is insanely boring, going on a walk in a slightly hilly area, with natural dirt and rocks, windy paths and elevation is 1 trillion times more interesting.Even with homes, assuming you want to buy a house or something, it actually seems that the best piece of property is to buy it on a small hill or a small slope or elevation, it doesn’t need to be like super high up on top of the hills, but, living on a slightly windy road, with a bit of a elevation and a view seems preferableWhy? I think there is this uncanny Valley, of flat things surfaces elevations without any irregularity. Nothing in nature is 100% flat, if you’re on a hike even if you’re on a relatively flat surface, each step is a little bit different. With flat concrete, each step is the same.A big thought I’ve been thinking about is in regards to wellness.First, nobody on the planet wants to be unwell. So it seems that as a general tactic, trying to eradicate wellness from your mind body and soul seems to be the first step forward. However, the big thought is: once you are well, then what?A useful thing to do is once you are well, helping other people who are unwell, which seems to be like Christian Jesus ethics. More interesting on orthodox I have is, assuming you are 100% well, then, is the goal to become super well? Like… Rather than thinking about wellness as like a scale from 0 to 10, thinking of it like wellness… Like you could stack it indefinitely?For example, let us say that zero is misery and unwellness, and 10 is at a point in which you have a clear mind, happy thoughts, you feel joyful, glad and clear… No mental disturbances or issues etc. Like some sort of perfect Zen tranquility. Then once you reach this goal… Could you then, increase your wellness level to hit 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 30 and beyond?Like if you’re thinking about a video game… Like if life were like Diablo, you start off at level zero or level one, and the ideas you do not max out at level 10. That you can indefinitely increase your levels?why do we have brains?a hike a day keeps the doctor awayto start thinking, start hikingWellness?

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THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS PHOTOGRAPHYOK this might be my most interesting in bold essay yet: the simple idea: the purpose of life is photography?So after regaining my Ricoh, first the GR monochrome, now the current GR IV,,, this is the big idea:wow, truly having a pocket bowl camera, a standalone digital camera without all the distractions of an iPhone or whatever… Is perhaps the secret to living the most present focused, jubilant life? Another simple thought I had was, very simple… I just never want to miss another photo opportunity ever again. How many times have you simply seen something that you wanted your photograph, a great photo moment but, you’re like stuck in traffic, your camera was in your bag or your backpack, or worse at home… And all you had was your iPhone, maybe you’ve photographed it with your iPhone but it doesn’t just hit the same way as it fit or a shot with your standalone camera?Or even worse, let us say that you’re shooting it on film or whatever, and like, the tedious burden of figuring out how to get it developed and scanned because you’re so busy, but you’re also kind of on a budget, and then, the tedium of having to purchase additional film and deal with the workflow?So a lot of people want to live off the grid, get some sort of like Tesla, maybe a solar powered roof or something and not have to be dependent on any like foreign infrastructure to power your your life and lifestyle, I think people also have this idea with money finances economics etc.So I think the genius of digital photography it seems so obvious now… Assuming you have an iPhone and iPad or laptop whatever,.... isn’t it kind of amazing that you could create a fully integrated solution? That is independent of external sources?I’ve been thinking about this a lot, especially now that I’m getting pretty knee-deep into finances, bitcoin investing etc.… the general goal is capital Accumulation, towards what end?I mean the simple answer is for the sick of financing your photography lifestyle, it’s like not accumulating and accruing a bunch of money in capital for the sake of it but for the sake of making it that you could just keep traveling the world making insanely great photos, doing your photography thing, and never running out of money?And I think this is where perhaps the critical thinking of philosophy has been so beneficial to me… I mean the big questions, like having enough money, towards what ends etc.… Nobody ever seems to think about this that critically because maybe, we simply feel like we never have enough? So then… Life living your life be very simple, just heard from the backwards start from the end, and work your way backwards. If the purpose of life, the endgame goal is photography, then the simple goal is sacrifice everything for the sake of your photography?ERIC***Ricoh Ricoh Ricoh Ricoh Ricoh which one should I pick? why?Another analogyTowards what end?so why does this matter?

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