This is for manifestos, lyrics and thoughts on living deliberately. I aim to provide education, tools and diy tips etc. as well. 

Also how the songs come into being - breakdowns of process, systems thinking and reflections on building parallel infrastructure.

The kind of writing Substack used to host before they required biometric ID to post. Now it lives here.

Permaculture Is A Temple 

In the past we were diverse peoples who were intrinsically local. Because of that locality we had temples or places of worship, ceremonial caves, buildings or mountaintops.

Those places were focal points for a projection and deeper understanding of Life Worship. We attempted, through practice, and ritual to participate in a shared devotion to the everlasting life presence that animates all and allows for the seemingly endless cycling of forms.

 

Phenomena born of spirit. To return to spirit.

 

We are now…

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Banger In the Bush - Reporting back 

Gathering of the wild seeds. 

Last weekend I performed at a resilience gathering in a backways bit of big bush that they call The Nook—a collection of people building parallel systems in the forest. No phones allowed on the property. No documentation. Just presence and participation and listening.

I played six tracks: Mock The Set Up, On A Watch List, Doomsday Prepper, Bounty Hunter (spoken word), Banger in the Bush and Sleep Tight Sunshine. Just me, a mic, and backing tracks. I brought the guitar but there…

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Sleep Tight Sunshine: A Manifesto for Agency 

I've always had a hunch, supported by simply opening my eyes and looking at history - that the ‘big men’, as I used to call them are more often than not coming for your shit. I am like, ‘that is not cool and that is not nice’. No way I am taking on warlords but I decided a while back to fortify my living situation to enable a bit more Henry Thoreau and a little less wage cuck. This fortification is a bunch of silly life hacks that many of us already deploy. I document a few of them here.

This song's a…

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