Self portrait or Selfie

Some preparation and post-work was involved, so it straddles the line. 

Religion Vs Science?

I got my issues with Religion, but very few people have the audacity to criticize Science.  Science has given us most the tools to kill each other nd tools to kill ones own self. Science also hasn't figured out a way to bring equity to the World either. We haven't figured out how to not destroy our own selves, and how to not destroy the environment we live it Am I right or am I wrong? 

What if someone saw paranormal apparitions when they spoke names of Prophets from religious books? - "that person would have a mental illness" is the quite insulting response I would expect from some, based upon that statement being oft repeated by those who put down religion. It's interesting how we root for characters in mythology who see and feel paranormal things, and how we get frustrated when in the movie some authority thinks they're crazy.

There are so many far-out, theoretical scientific models that can't be proven tangibly, but one believes in them enough to create a model for it right? This is an example of people putting their time and effort into something that "doesn't exist". Shouldn't they also have a mental illness?

The God particle conundrum. The pursuit to prove something's nonexistence. To me nonexistence means that its not even a thought in your mind, or the mind of anyone else, let alone millions of people. It doesn't exist. There's no time to devote for it, no time to prove or disprove it, because that time doesn't even exist. Nothing can come out of nonexistence.

Maybe science isn't considered a way to live one's life, but it often gets equated as the opposite of religion, when I see it as a method of religion. I'm sure the reason we were given these inquisitive minds is to use them and to expand them, to question everything, but to also feel how it feels to be a part of something that is unquestionable to many other people. Considering ALL the options is also Science. To manifest that unquestionable feeling into tangible feelings of fullness and wholeness, (however brief or sustained they may be), is an amazing, marvelous pursuit. Religion ain't going nowhere. It will adapt with Science, take new forms, but the fundamentals will remain.

I love science! I believe we need some scientific consensus on universal applicable ideas of morality. I also love religion. I've said it before, I'll say it again, religion, in it's many criticisms and misuses, at the very least tries to address those universal ideas. Religion uses the scientific method of providing parables, stories, proverbs and rules as variables in a model of good or bad behavior. Models are very important in science. Maybe Science with capital "S" will make a more universal version, that many people adhere to, but then will that be a Religion?

Needy and proud of it.

I'm needy and proud of it!!! 

In order for me to be attracted to a Woman to want to have sex or a relationship with her, we have to have chemistry, but that's not enough, we also:

- Have to build a long period of friendship and companionship to where we can't get enough of each other's presence.

- Have to show vulnerability and need. I have to see her vulnerable side and she has to express the need for me, and only me to fulfill something she's missing, I have to feel wanted, and vice versa.

I know needy is a bad word nowadays, but so is impotence. If I'm not able to get aroused because our relationship doesn't satisfy those conditions, what's the use of continuing?

Afro-Futurism Dystopia

Setting: The global network of the underworld of the planet is ruled by gangs who specialize in torture and gruesome murder. The preferred method they use is what is called "hidden in plain sight", which involves clever, whimsical, artistic ways to disguise their torture and murder, subsequently branding and selling it, to gain income, and as a tool to reinforce fear. They are led by super-gangsters who have charismatic, camera-ready personalities. These super gangsters are the sons and daughters of the Worlds most terrible dictators and mass murderers. Their opposition is a squad called the "The Funkillers" 

Is it an eraser or a life sized torture room? The consumer will never know, but the victim may or may not.

Confession

Confession: Sometimes I look at footage like this of Philadelphia in the 40s and get envious. What would it have been like to ride an EL through a city like this being rich and White, owning a house in a convenient location in the city, feeling like you have a stake in your world, feeling like this was made for you in mind. The people around you viewing you as their equal. The civic authority working with you. You having a voice that's heard, and not because you need to raise it. What would that feel like?

Northsider

I was born on the South Side of Chicago. My Mother and I moved up North at a young age. All of my family remained on the South Side, before they eventually moved out to the suburbs or different cities. While they were there, I frequently visited them, or took trips back and forth on the EL and bus. The "scenery" and people of the South Side was second nature me, as was the North Side. One day while I was living up North, we were riding the school bus on a field trip to the South side. We were on 79th, and we passed a block with vacant lots, strewn with trash, a common sight on the South Side. The White students who sat behind me on the bus remarked about how bad it looked. It dawned on me that they were right. 

Science fiction movie idea

 A movie that deals with a dog getting revenge on its owner as the premise. The dog gains incredible psychic powers and is able to speak to its owner via telepathy. The dog will rig the owners home and narrate as the owner gets caught in various set traps. During the narration, the camera will focus on the expression on the dog's eyes with dialogue dubbed over the audio track.