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Ad pitches, branding, influencers, the counterfeit currency of hyperbole, the tired central casting drama of Identity, the tyranny of Status, and the Potemkin villages of Image erected in social media to perpetuate the fictional appeal of those bogus values- it's all trite and formulaic. Even if you're winning the rat race, you're still a rat, as Lily Tomlin once observed.

A butterfly landing on your finger at the exactly perfect moment, there's nothing contrived about that.

Living in the suburbs, I've been noticing the wildlife and the birds seem to be making much more of a show of themselves in recent years. They get closer, sing louder, and stay around longer. It's like they're saying to humans "Notice us! Do not ignore us. We're important. We're people like you. The bird people. the fox people, the frog people, the mouse people...we're like you."

~There are other worlds they have not told you of. They wish to speak to you.~ Sun Ra

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