needs

The most natural of our desires is need, but all we do, as informed by the media, is act like we don't need it; it’s all need, all of life.

Whether that need be money, love, sex, stability, or attention.

I often approach work for a need or sense of community, and while noble, sometimes it mutates and spills over into other needs, but the root of most work is capitalistic exchange. How can I be truthful to myself and others or expect others to be truthful to me when money is involved?

Franco Bifo Berardi puts it best: "Industrial production puts to work bodies, muscles, and arms. Now, in the sphere of digital technology and cyberculture, exploitation involves the mind, language, and emotions to generate value—while our bodies disappear in front of our computer screens."

I think our honest desires disappear, too. What do you think?

I recently achieved a significant goal; now is the time to invent new goals. It’s always been easy to think of and desire material goals such as jobs, internships, and projects.

I seek to nurture emotional goals to live much more profoundly and embodied, to feel. It is easy to be consumed with something, in my case, working in the arts, occasionally people. I work quickly to close the gap between the two: capital needs and emotional needs. Being an adult and having a body and responsibility for myself is tedious. But what little hope I have in finding the median exists in the quote from Audre Lorde:

"The power of deeply sharing pursuits with others forms a bridge that transcends differences and strengthens bonds."

How can I create an ecosystem in which these two deeply important things, such as money and community, can coexist gently? Sometimes, the question is all that is needed to live the answer.