The Hunger Stone

A dear friend observed (in response to my ranting) that if young people today are scared, they have every right to be since they are facing an extinction event.

That gave me pause!

Is climate change a bigger deal than, say, nuclear annihilation?

Which was the extinction event my generation grew up with.

Anyway, this photo is of a Hunger Stone, which are rocks only visible when rivers are low.

It’s a Hunger Stone on the River Elbe. The most prominent inscription is, “Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine”: If you see me, then cry.

I’m inclined to think climate change won’t be an extinction event but a redistribution event.

And, of course, a winnowing event.

I won’t even try to guess how many people will die from hunger and disease in the endless droughts to come.

If I look at this from a phenomenological point of view, it’s not necessarily a bad thing: Eight billion people is simply too many.

Of course, I’d like it so the universe arranges to have all the people I like—the puppeteers, the magicians, the musicians, the readers, the magic realists, the cat lovers, the retablo makers etc—survive.

Prosper even.

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Also ran across this quote, which I think is some kind of genius: Brand attachment is a grim testament to the success of capitalist propaganda.

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What else?

Finished and invoiced the latest Remunerative Project, which since I am completely neurotic has reignited the whole But what if they don’t pay you? anxiety.

I am currently looking for a real estate broker who handles refrigerator boxes beneath bridges.

I got my hair cut. Yes-s-s-s-s-s-s-s!!!!!!!

And I did the early voting thing (since I won’t be here for the actual Congressional election.)

Mostly, I just felt scared all day.

Which probably has to do with the upcoming trip.

But which feels like it has to do with how untethered I'm feeling. I could float away at any moment. Who would notice? Who would care?

But more importantly, why should it matter if anyone notices?