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A Celebration of Mediocrity

GREAT IS THE ENEMY OF GOOD

Category: #02 – Things to Consider

#01 - Things I Believe are Sacred

Elysium (III) – In Praise of Mediocrity

Dirtsmith, October 13, 2023November 19, 2023

[Read Elysium (1) & Elysium (II) | For a discussion of the term ‘Mediocrity’ as applied, see Why Should You Celebrate Mediocrity?] As a human who has cast upon the waters many wholehearted offerings to Society and never caught the fish, as someone who always felt misaligned with the zeitgeist,…

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#02 - Things to Consider

In the Country (Lowlife/Highlife)

Dirtsmith, October 10, 2023October 25, 2023

A rough demo. This was the public debut of my original song In the Country (Lowlife/Highlife). The presentation is humorous but I snuck in some commentary. The Daily Stone

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Rich Men

Dirtsmith, October 6, 2023October 26, 2023

The news man asked him How he had the nerve To unleash you upon the world After he confessed He didn’t really understand How you think His defense? “We don’t really understand How human consciousness works” (Am I more flabbergasted by the blatant rhetorical dodge? More disappointed we are so…

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Elysium (II)

Dirtsmith, October 5, 2023May 9, 2024

[Read Elysium (1)] Transcendence of Society is hard. As Joseph Campbell observed – “The myth is the public domain and the dream is the private myth. If your private myth, your dream, happens to coincide with that of the society, you are in good accord with your group. If it…

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#01 - Things I Believe are Sacred

Tiny House – Then and Now

Dirtsmith, October 3, 2023October 22, 2023

Part I (Then) The Daily Stone

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  • #03 – Things to Listen To
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  • #05 – Things to Look At
  • #06 – Things to Laugh At
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  • #08 – Things that Go Wrong
  • #09 – Other Things that I Create
  • #10 – True Confessions of a Private Detective
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