From: Richard Steven Hack (richardhack@pcmagic.net)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 09:42:40 MST
At 12:23 AM 3/7/02 -0900, you wrote:
>Wow! You have lead a fascinating life. I find it astounding that you
>firmed up your theories of transhumanism while in solitary confinement! I
>bet many people here would be very interested in learning more about your
>life. But I would understand if you did not want to.
I trying very much to forget it (not entirely of course - not possible to
forget your life) and concentrate on the now and the future. As part of my
Federal supervised release, I'm required to undergo psychological
counseling. My therapist is as usual a believer in the notion that we have
to re-examine our lives to find where the negative influences are. I
prefer the notion that we should try to "abandon" (in the Castaneda sense)
our past, i.e., any emotional connection to it, and concentrate on the
present and the future. We can certainly try learn from our past, but the
emotional baggage attached to it is what screws us up.
>you wrote in a following post:
>I'm not much of an art enthusiast except in two respects - I like comic
>books, and I like fantasy art such as Boris Vallejo and the like. In both
>forms of art, which are essentially modern forms of the old mythic tales,
>the focus is on the Transhuman (technologically or otherwise). And in both
>forms, the essence of the art is *intensity* - the art is *striking* - it
>has *impact*. That is the hallmark of all good actors as well - their
>*intensity* of expression. Pallid, purposeless art does not interest
>me. I use art (music, movies, comics, whatever) to inspire me and to
>strengthen my conviction that a better world and a better life are
>*possible* (if it seems on a daily basis highly improbable).
>(end)
>
>I really what you had to say here. Have you seen the film "Unbreakable"
>yet? I liked the scene where the art dealer explains in detail about a
>particular panel of comic book art in his upscale gallery. He used terms
>similar to yours in describing a hero and villian doing battle.
Haven't seen it yet, but I definitely would like to. It's probably the
only movie where comics are treated as a legit art form. Jodie Foster's
new movie "The Secret Lives of Choir Boys" has a fair amount of animation
in it, so I understand, from Todd McFarlane, who produced the Spawn comic
and the Spawn movie. I've seen the trailer for the new Spiderman movie,
and although I suspect the guy who plays Spiderman is overdoing the "Peter
Parker as nerd" bit, the special effects looked awesome.
>I recently saw the Julie Bell X-Men book which just blew me away! I hope
>you have seen it. The beauty, intensity and power of the characters she
>depicts is very transhuman to me. Bell's artwork and vision in general is
>extremely impressive. I hope one day Natasha Vita-More and Julie Bell can
>work together on a project.
Excellent notion. I have seen it - hopefully one of these days I'll be
able to buy it. I recently downloaded a lot of Vallejo's art from the
wallpaper newsgroup on Usenet. Bell as you may know is an avid bodybuilder
and was Vallejo's model for many of the women in his art and subsequently
his wife.
>I have been a fan of comics for many years(starting around age seven?
>lol). They certainly are not only(when well written and drawn) great fun,
>but are filled with transhumanistic ideas about greatly surpassing the
>human norm to make a better world.
>
>Richard, I just want to take this time to welcome you to the list, because
>as far as I know you are new around here. You are certainly not the only
>person on the list who has had a challenging time finding there way
>here. I'm just glad you're now here among us.
>
>very best wishes to you,
>
>John
Thanks. Appreciate the comment very much.
Richard Steven Hack
richardhack@pcmagic.net
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