I'm a newish register here, lurker for a while.
I'm 22 years old in a few days. I'm a philosopher and musician, I like to write and love all art and experience. I live in Oregon and for most of my life have lived on the Oregon Coast with some minor variation. I've had some fun crazy adventures in my life so far and look forward to a life full of more.
I am obsessed with music. I spend most of my waking day listening, writing, and playing music. I am a bassist first, it is the instrument I was first really comfortable with. I also play guitar but I'm not nearly as comfortable with it. I've always had trouble with music theory. I've had the basics and a little more down a few times in my life, but it always slipped away. I've sometimes even disliked the idea of theory. But really I only dislike the way most theory-heads mechanically apply rules to an art. I'm hoping to finally make theory stick in a solid way when I study it in school, which I'll hopefully finally get back to next month.
I love cooking, reading, writing, gaming, film, hiking, gardening, nature...I am really honestly open person and I find enjoyment in all things or have at some point in my life.
I have a firm grasp on my own mortality, which is a very positive and often overlooked thing. I know hardly anyone in real life who really understands this. I'm pretty young, so are my peers, but the further you go working towards a mediocre future which pays no attention to inevitable death the harder it is to break through that inability to understand death.
I'm an anarchist. I believe that government is etymologically and historically defined in the use (and inherently, the abuse) of power. I believe that the state and the insanity of the world around us is born and perpetuated in the widespread abuse of children.
I think the best way to support change is to live positively and happily as an example. So often you hear from the miserable anarchist. That individual is not a very enticing example. I like to show people that philosophy and freedom and truth are as exciting and enjoyable as I feel they are. Many anarchists you see are sulking, yelling, fighting everyone. Fighting their fellow abused, some of which have never been exposed to anarchist ideas, exposed to the possibility of something better. Imagine that being your introduction to anarchy. You seem someone miserable and think "is that the outcome?" Which will almost certainly be followed by a definite "No thanks."
Anyway, I hope to get to know all of you better soon.
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