ism (long one)

I don't see the arts, and specifically reflective expressionism, as anti-establishment, anti-technology, or anti-anything really. I see it as providing individual balance to take pressure off minds that are entrenched in technical lives. I think reflective expressionism allows scientists and the like to let their minds go to places beyond those that are restricted by knowledge. My intuition tells me that organizations that employ a leniency toward those that reflect are stronger and more vibrant.

My gut also tells me that mental diseases are often caused by minds that "never stop rehashing and acquiring knowledge". Feeling gives the mind a rest, a reprieve from the non-stop relentless pursuit of knowledge for competitive reasons. The information age has created an extreme competition to be more knowledgeable than others. I know my fingers are typing right now based previous experiences and knowledge that I have acquired. However, the feelings that make me express this narrative today are drawing upon this information like a dam that has been opened. At no point am I allowing myself to force a message that is meant to coerce, influence, or argue a point. These writings are just coming out. It is not up to me to influence. Influence is brought in, not sent out. In that context, reflective expressionism cannot have double standards, or selfish motivation. It may be difficult to read, and difficult to comprehend meaning in the moment. However, these are the very mental activities that I am trying to avoid. That is how absolute creativity occurs in me to go beyond what is known.

The entire concept is not about "smarter than", "weaker than", or "weirder than". Some will read this and judge. I do it fairly often myself, but I try empathy to catch myself judging and placing people, places, and things in hierarchial order. If that doesn't work I take a nap, and drink water. With all this in me today, I say that reflective expressionism is bringing entire life together in balance. Science is the ultimate good in providing knowledge that evolved from the creativity of wanting to know. Mathematics are the quantifications of intuitions that reflective expressions already knew from their intuitions. Some beings want quantitative proof of qualitative factors. Nothing wrong with that. That is their being. Technology has brought together human cultures that used to be worlds apart both literally and figuratively. Reflective expressionism is never about ridding the world of any of these knowledges. It is about incorporating a feeling into knowledge that keeps the objective human based, and allowing for time to take its course without ulterior motives attempting to force the issue on their time.

(c) kenneth martin